Amazon Studios Head Suspended After Sexual Harassment Allegation


Amazon.com Inc. put Roy Price, the head of its film and TV unit, on a leave of absence after a producer told The Hollywood Reporter he sexually harassed her.

Isa Hackett, who worked on the Amazon Prime Video show “The Man in the High Castle,” told the publication that Price made inappropriate advances to her at an event two years ago. Price couldn’t be reached for comment.

The allegation against Price engulfed Amazon in the uproar over mistreatment of women in Hollywood, though only the details of Hackett’s claim were new. The Information had reported in August that Price had been investigated over a claim of unwanted sexual remarks to Hackett. The company had said earlier that it looked into the matter and addressed it.

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