HBO has pulled a comedy special from British comedian James Veitch following a slew of rape and sexual assault allegations. Veitch has also been dropped by his agency WME and is set to be edited out of a Quibi series that he was hosting.
The allegations were laid out in a long-form story, published Tuesday, from THR’s Kim Masters, who spoke to a number of alums of Sarah Lawrence University, where Veitch studied, about the attacks and incidents that allegedly occurred there during the 2000s.
Veitch’s comedy special James Veitch: Straight To VHS launched on HBO Max earlier this month but has subsequently been pulled by the WarnerMedia-owned streamer following these allegations.
An HBO Max spokeswoman said “We were deeply disturbed to learn of these allegations of unacceptable behavior by James Veitch and will be removing the special from our platform for now.”
In fact, it was the announcement of the special,...
The allegations were laid out in a long-form story, published Tuesday, from THR’s Kim Masters, who spoke to a number of alums of Sarah Lawrence University, where Veitch studied, about the attacks and incidents that allegedly occurred there during the 2000s.
Veitch’s comedy special James Veitch: Straight To VHS launched on HBO Max earlier this month but has subsequently been pulled by the WarnerMedia-owned streamer following these allegations.
An HBO Max spokeswoman said “We were deeply disturbed to learn of these allegations of unacceptable behavior by James Veitch and will be removing the special from our platform for now.”
In fact, it was the announcement of the special,...
- 9/1/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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