Updated, with X Factor statement: Following calls for Asia Argento’s ouster from the upcoming 12th cycle of X Factor Italy, the show’s producers have responded. This follows the New York Times report that the Italian actress-director sexually assaulted a 17-year-old man in 2013 and arranged a deal to pay him $380,000 over the incident.
Sky Italia and FremantleMedia Italy released a statement on Twitter Monday night saying they had read “with great attention and astonishment” the New York Times story and noted they did not choose Argento to be a judge for her commitment to the #MeToo campaign, nor for her personal positions, rather for her “musical skills and ability to manage a television role in a program of this kind.”
However, they added, “We want to be very clear: If what the New York Times writes” were to be confirmed, “this story would be completely incompatible with the ethical...
Sky Italia and FremantleMedia Italy released a statement on Twitter Monday night saying they had read “with great attention and astonishment” the New York Times story and noted they did not choose Argento to be a judge for her commitment to the #MeToo campaign, nor for her personal positions, rather for her “musical skills and ability to manage a television role in a program of this kind.”
However, they added, “We want to be very clear: If what the New York Times writes” were to be confirmed, “this story would be completely incompatible with the ethical...
- 8/21/2018
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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