Woody Allen and Amazon settle the director's wrongful termination lawsuit out of court
, “the two sides filed paperwork with a New York federal court that stipulated to dismissal of the case with prejudice.” However, the terms of the settlement have not been disclosed.that claimed the tech giant’s streaming video branch wrongfully terminated his contract due to the “25-year old, baseless allegation” of sexual abuse leveled by his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow.
Amazon’s defense for terminating its contract with Allen were due to his comments surrounding the #MeToo movement, where he expressed sympathy for Harvey Weinstein and his victims saying the circumstances were “very sad for everybody involved.” Amazon also noted Allen’s comment as problematic: “You don’t want it to lead to a witch-hunt atmosphere, a Salem atmosphere, where every guy in an office who winks at a woman is suddenly having to call a lawyer to defend himself.
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