Last month, producer and former studio executive Bill Mechanic resigned from the academy's board with an inflammatory letter that in part criticized the group over its handling of the issue. "The academy has no right to be in people's lives," he said in an interview with The Times. "It's not its role and it has no skill in it and it's not set up for it. And then the first time they even do anything [with the allegation against Bailey], they not only stub their toe, they allowed somebody to weaponize it."

Source: Los Angeles Times May 03, 2018 20:15 UTC