Warner Media is looking into allegations that Kevin Tsujihara, the CEO and chairman of its entertainment division Warner Bros, promised a British actress movie roles in exchange for sex.
The alleged quid pro quo relationship was detailed by The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. The publication claimed it had accessed hundreds of messages exchanged between Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujihara, actress Charlotte Kirk, Australian billionaire James Packer and filmmaker Brett Ratner.
According to the publication, Packer set up a meeting between 21-year-old Kirk and 54-year-old Tsujihara in September 2013. Packer and Ratner were partners at RatPac Entertainment, a film production and finance company, which was about to close a four-year co-financing deal with Warner Bros.
In the message, Packer promised Kirk an introduction to “the most important u [sic] can meet”, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
That man, the report said, was Tsujihara, according to the emails, texts and a draft settlement agreement obtained by the publication. The meeting led to a sexual relationship which “devolved into a protected and increasingly desperate struggle among Tsujihara, Ratner and Packer to manage Kirk’s urgent demands to be cast in movies and TV series”, The Hollywood Reporter said.
The Warner Bros CEO allegedly told Kirk he would put her in contact with executives spearheading projects for the company, but subsequent messages reveal that the actress did not feel enough help was forthcoming.
“You’re very busy I know but when we were in that motel having sex u said u would help me and when u just ignore me like you’re doing now it makes me feel used. Are u going to help me like u said u would?” read a March 2015 text from Kirk to Tsujihara, The Hollywood Reporter claimed.
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