Netflix removes unnamed producer following ‘very serious’ allegations which have been referred to police

Netflix has revealed it has dropped an unnamed producer from one of its shows after receiving ‘very serious’ allegations of misconduct. 

The streamer confirmed that it had referred the matter to the police and that the individual no longer works for their title. 

Netflix said in a statement: ‘On Monday, we received an anonymous email containing historical allegations about a producer on one of our titles.

‘Whilst the allegations are unrelated to his time on the show, we immediately removed him from the production and referred the matter to the police.’

The producer was also suspended by Bafta following the historical allegations, with a spokesperson saying: ‘We have been presented with a number of very serious detailed allegations about an individual and while we are not their employer we immediately took the decision to suspend their membership.

‘Bafta is an arts charity and does not have the power to investigate historic claims of abuse therefore we have referred the matter to the police.’

The statement continued: ‘The behaviour that these accounts allege is abhorrent, in complete opposition to Bafta values and has no place in our industry.’

The story was first reported by trade magazine Broadcast, claiming the email contained ‘very serious’ allegations from a number of individuals concerning the same producer. 

Lawyers acting on behalf of the man, whose identity is known to Broadcast, told the publication: ‘He has never acted inappropriately on any production, or at all, and has never had any complaints made about his conduct.’

A spokesperson for the producer’s agent also revealed that he had been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation, adding: ‘Whilst this matter is investigated we have suspended our representation of him.’

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