HBO Max drops comedian James Veitch special after allegations of rape

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The Hollywood Reporter in which several graduates from Sarah Lawrence college made allegations about their experiences with Veitch.The comedy special was released on August 20 on HBO Max, but has since been removed. The streaming platform said in a statement, “We were deeply disturbed to learn of these allegations of unacceptable behavior by James Veitch and will be removing the special from our platform for now.”The news broke when Meghan Klien, one of the accusers, tweeted in July upon hearing news of Veitch’s special, “It was common knowledge to stay away from him when I was an undergrad… It makes my skin crawl to see someone like that succeed knowing how much he violated my classmates.

comedy special by British comedian James Veitch from its streaming platform, following a series of rape allegations against the rising star.As well as the show – titled James Veitch: Straight To VHS – being pulled, the comic was dropped by his agency WME after two of his alleged victims wrote letters to the company. According to a source who spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, he will be edited out of the Quibi series Q Talks that he was hosting.

allegations were laid out in a long-form story, published Tuesday, from THR’s Kim Masters, who spoke to a number of alums of Sarah Lawrence University, where Veitch studied, about the attacks and incidents that allegedly occurred there during the 2000s.Veitch’s comedy special “James Veitch: Straight To VHS” launched on HBO Max earlier this month but has subsequently been pulled by the WarnerMedia-owned streamer following these allegations.An HBO Max spokeswoman said “We were deeply disturbed to learn of these allegations of unacceptable behavior by James Veitch and will be removing the special from our platform for now.”In fact, it was the announcement of the special, which reportedly led a number of women who had attended Sarah Lawrence to

James Veitch has been accused of rape and sexual assault by various Sarah Lawrence alums. The 40-year-old comedian faces accusations from former students of Sarah Lawrence College in New York, who have opened up to The Hollywood Reporter.

Peter White Television EditorHBO has pulled a comedy special from British comedian James Veitch following a slew of rape and sexual assault allegations. Veitch has also been dropped by his agency WME and is set to be edited out of a Quibi series that he was hosting.The allegations were laid out in a long-form story, published Tuesday, from THR’s Kim Masters, who spoke to a number of alums of Sarah Lawrence University, where Veitch studied, about the attacks and incidents that allegedly occurred there during the 2000s.Veitch’s comedy special James Veitch: Straight To VHS launched on HBO Max earlier this month but has subsequently been pulled by the WarnerMedia-owned streamer following these allegations.

On July 23, Meghan Klien, a postproduction supervisor in Los Angeles and a big comedy fan, saw an article about an upcoming HBO Max special featuring a comic named James Veitch. Klien had barely known Veitch when she was a 22-year-old senior at Sarah Lawrence College in 2009 and he was a graduate student, then pushing 30.