Hollywood wracked by chaos in aftermath of sex scandals

Los Angeles

PROJECTS are shelved, film releases cancelled, sets shuttered, studios threatened, the Oscars rattled - this is the chaos confronting Hollywood following sex scandals that have brought down power players like Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and Brett Ratner.

In the month since The New Yorker and The New York Times published allegations of serial predatory behaviour by producer Weinstein - some 100 women have now accused him of misconduct ranging from harassment to rape - people who said they had been victimised have felt emboldened to voice allegations against men who had been seen as untouchable.