Motion Picture Academy Finds No Merit to Accusations Against Its President<br />In a statement released after its regularly scheduled board meeting, the academy said<br />that an internal investigation into allegations levied against John Bailey, who was elected as president of the group in August, had determined that “no further action was merited.”<br />Mr. Bailey, a cinematographer with credits ranging from “Ordinary People” in 1980 to “How to Be a Latin Lover” last year, had no immediate comment.<br />By BROOKS BARNESMARCH 28, 2018<br />LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences concluded on Tuesday<br />that an allegation of sexual harassment against its president had no merit, in the first test of new guidelines that the powerful Hollywood industry group enacted after a wave of accusations of inappropriate behavior rocked the entertainment industry.<br />But the academy voted in October to oust Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood producer who became a public symbol of pervasive<br />sexual harassment in the movie industry after dozens of women accused him of sexual harassment and other misconduct.<br />The investigation focused on a claim submitted on March 13 by a woman who said Mr. Bailey, 75, attempted<br />to touch her inappropriately while riding in a van on a movie set roughly a decade ago.
