Japanese American businessman Kevin Tsujihara has resigned from his post as the chairman and the CEO of Warner Bros. Entertainment following allegations of sexual impropriety.
The 54-year old is alleged of having sexual relationship with British actress Charlotte Kirk in return for helping her secure meetings and auditions with studio executives for various roles in movies and television series by Warner Bros.
An investigation is underway after text messages exchanged between the two, as well as with director Brett Ratner and his partner in RatPac Entertainment James Packer, was leaked online by The Hollywood Reporter.
The exposé traced the chain of events all the way back to September 2013 when Ratner promised a then 21-year old Kirk to introduce to Tsujihara, who was also revealed to have arranged for meetings with studio executives for her.
The 64-year old issued an apology upon being investigated by Warner Bros. that same week whilst also affirming his full cooperation with this investigation.
Tsujihara was slated to gain control of Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. studio in the new WarnerMedia following AT&T’s $85.4 billion acquisition of Time Warner.
