Weinstein expelled from Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has ousted Harvey Weinstein ( with immediate effect, after allegations that he sexually harassed or assaulted a number of women over the past three decades. The Academy’s 54-member board of governors made the decision at an emergency session after investigations by and revealed sexual harassment and rape allegations against Weinstein. In a statement, the academy said the vote was “well in excess of the required two-thirds majority,” reported “We do so not simply to separate ourselves from someone who does not merit the respect of his colleagues but also to send a message that the era of willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behaviour and workplace harassment in our industry is over,” the Academy board said in a statement. “What’s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society.