Scott Rudin is under fire. The award-winning The Social Network producer is the subject of an expose on THR on Wednesday (April 7), in which former staffers are speaking out with allegations of physical and mental abuse while working with the Hollywood exec.
The ex-staffers opened up about occasions in which he allegedly threw tantrums, and engaged in behavior seen as abusive. One ex-staffer alleged he once threw a fit after an assistant failed to book him on a sold-out flight, leading to him smashing an Apple computer monitor on the assistant’s hand, resulting in a bleeding wound that required medical attention.
Former assistant Andrew Coles went on record saying several staff members witnessed the incident. Another staffer, Caroline