Charlotte Kirk and the sex scandals roiling Hollywood
LOS ANGELES — Circling in front of the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on the morning of Oct. 26, about 10 protesters with placards shouted "No gag orders," "Hold Hollywood accountable" and "Let Charlotte speak."
Charlotte is Charlotte Kirk, the British actress who has been at the center of Hollywood sex scandals that toppled two studio chiefs. Kirk, who was expected to attend, failed to show up while an attorney spoke on her behalf.
"Powerful men are using the courts to silence Charlotte and other women," said Caroline Heldman, a professor at Occidental College and a leading advocate for victims of rape and other sexual assault, who helped spearhead the demonstration.
The protest in Kirk's name was over a judge's ruling last month that denied a request by her legal team to vacate an injunction preventing her and director Joshua Newton from disclosing a confidential settlement made in 2017. The settlement contained a confidentiality agreement regarding Kirk's sexual relationship with former Warner Bros. Chief Executive Kevin Tsujihara as well as other allegations.
The legal wrangling — which has engaged some of Hollywood's highest-profile men and their attorneys — has provided a window into the high-stakes drama that has been playing out over three years, largely under wraps in confidential arbitration, buried beneath sealed court filings among parties shielded by pseudonyms.
An LA Times review of court documents, emails and interviews paints starkly conflicting depictions of
