Deadline has confirmed from two sources with knowledge of Ron Meyer’s departure today that the woman with whom NBCUniversal Vice President had a consensual affair with actress Charlotte Kirk. She was also involved with Warner Bros. Chief Kevin Tsujihara; that affair that led to his departure from the studio last year.
Earlier today, Meyer acknowledged in his statement about his departure that he had a brief, consensual affair “many years ago”. Meyer, along with NBC Universal CEO Jeff Shell, came to the reciprocal decision that the former’s actions were inconsistent with the entertainment conglomerate’s policies and values.
Meyer is known as a man who helps people with problems. From what we have been told, amid the fallout from the Tsujihara-Kirk affair last year, Meyer, knowing both parties, was intent on helping in some sort of settlement between the two. However, the whole situation began to return, with Meyer descending.
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“I made a threat, under threat, with a woman outside the company who had made false accusations against me. Sure, this is a woman with a very short and consensual affair many years ago. I made this revelation because other parties to the settlement knew and continually tried to depress me to pay their money or otherwise intended to implicitly implicate NBCUniversal, which had nothing to do with this case and false accusations about it. to publish me. “After I revealed this matter to the company, we decided that I would resign from my role as Vice President of NBCUniversal,” Meyer said this morning.
Kirk was a British-born actress, had an affair with Tsujihara in 2013 and 2014. This was elaborated in text messages leaking to the press, as well as allegations that the executive Kirk helped get film roles. Tsujihara stepped down from his role as Warner Bros. in March 2019. chairman and CEO, when WarnerMedia investigated its possible abuse.
In an exclusive interview with Deadline after Tsujihara’s departure, Kirk said she was’ deeply saddened to hear the news of Kevin Tsujihara stepping down from Warners … Our relationship ended many years ago. The release of the story by The Hollywood Reporter was nothing to do with me. Actually, I tried to avoid it. What differences we may have had in the past were long forgotten. I wish him only the best success in his future endeavors. ”
