DC Comics Fires Eddie Berganza Following Sexual Assault Scandal

DC Comics has fired Eddie Berganza , a longtime editor program accused of intimate misconduct by at least two fair sex . The firing comes onlytwo days after DC suspend Berganza , and initiate a review of the allegement .

Taken as a whole , the allegations against Berganza - who has worked onSuperman , Batman , and other fictional character - point to a pattern of sexual misconduct that may have span more than a decade . Women have report that Berganza forcibly kissed them , or taste to forcibly kiss them , as far back as the early to mid-2000s . Back in 2010 , Berganza was promoted to the view of executive editor amid complaints about his conduct , only to be demoted to mathematical group editor program two years later on , after another allegation of nonconsensual petting .

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BuzzFeedreports that in the yesteryear , some in the comic book industry have chosen not to exercise with Berganza due to the allegations against him . Such decisions seem to have been on the judgment of Diane Nelson , chairwoman of DC Entertainment , when she sent an electronic mail to employees on Saturday:“DC pride itself on being a premier destination for top talent as well as an awful creatively collaborative place to work that is a safe and secure environment for our employee and extended freelance family,“the email say , according toBuzzFeed .

DC ’s quick response to Berganza ’s alleged misconduct resembles the fallout that followedaccusations of intimate wrongdoing against Louis C.K. In the days following the accusation ( and C.K. ’s ratification of those allegations ) , the comedian has been drop by FX , HBO , his direction company , and other groups . Kevin Spacey has had a standardized experience;All the Money in the World , a film by Ridley Scott , has slew ties with Spacey and will reshoot his scenes , with Christopher Plummer taking on the role of J. Paul Getty in Spacey ’s position .

Berganza , C.K. , and Spacey join a untune chemical group of men accuse of sexual misconduct . Members of that grouping have experienced vary result , however . Harvey Weinstein has been expelledby the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences , andGeorge Takei has denied the claimthat he sexually assaulted Scott R. Brunton , a model and worker , in 1981 . Woody Allen , meanwhile , has largely hedge meaning industry rebound despite longstanding allegation of child revilement by Dylan Farrow , his assume girl .

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At the very least , it ’s comforting to see a society as large as DC take rapid and decisive step to ensure a safe and well-heeled work surroundings . However , such an surround ca n’t be altogether promise , of course , given the pervasiveness of disparate ability dynamics in the amusement manufacture and beyond . For now , those with the power to roleplay on allegation of sexual actus reus have a responsibility to do so , regardless of who is accuse - and DC has provided a example of how individuals and organizations can step up to that duty .