Vanity Fair published Thursday, Sorkin discussed why he took the news of Rudin’s alleged abuse “personally” and why he didn’t speak up sooner in the wake of the accusations.“Had I known, there’s no chance I would’ve tolerated it, there’s no chance [director] Bart Sher would’ve tolerated it, that Jeff Daniels would’ve tolerated it.
So we didn’t know. And once we did, we did something about it,” Sorkin said. “I think Scott got what he deserves. He’s lying flat on the mat right now, and I don’t know how it’s helpful for me to stand on his torso and kind of jump up and down.”In April, an article in THR revealed accusations by several of Rudin’s former assistants and staffers of abusive behavior toward employees.