Actress Charlotte Kirk is the reason why Warner Bros. chief Kevin Tsujihara stepped down from his role as CEO, and now she’s behind NBCUniversal’s vice chairman Ron Meyer’s decision to leave his position after 25 years.
On Tuesday, NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell sent out a statement addressing Meyer’s departure.” I am writing to share some unfortunate news. Late last week, Ron Meyer informed NBCUniversal that he had acted in a manner which we believe is not consistent with our company policies or values,” said Shell. “Based on Ron’s disclosure of these actions, we have mutually concluded that Ron should leave the company, effective immediately. We thank Ron for his 25 years of service, and for his significant contributions to NBCUniversal.”
Meyer was responsible for providing strategic guidance and counsel at the company, along with managing some business with NBCU’s theme park. His departure comes 11 days after NBCU TV and streaming chairman Mark Lazarus told staff that the company was moving forward with its investigation into toxic workplace culture allegations, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The probe was ignited after THR‘s story on NBC Entertainment chairman Paul Telegdy, who was outed over workplace misconduct and harassment claims by workers.
Meyer wrote a statement announcing his leave. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce my departure from NBCUniversal. I recently disclosed to my family and the company that I made a settlement, under threat, with a woman outside the company who had made false accusations against me. Admittedly, this is a woman I had a very brief and consensual affair with many years ago. I made this disclosure because other parties learned of the settlement and have continuously attempted to extort me into paying them money, or else they intended to falsely implicate NBCUniversal, which had nothing to do with this matter, and to publish false allegations about me. After I disclosed this matter to the company, we mutually decided that I should step down from my role as Vice Chairman of NBCUniversal. I’ve spent 25 years helping to grow and support an incredible company in a job I love. It is the people at this company that I will miss the most. I regret what has happened, and I am sorry for all the people in my life I may have let down, especially and most importantly, my family,” said Meyer in his Tuesday statement.
Meyer is the former founder of CAA who was hired at Universal as CEO and president back in 1995. He moved to his current position in 2013. There are no further details on why Meyer opened up about his relationship with Kirk, but sources say Kirk worked for a charity that involved autism that Meyer was behind. In the matter of Tsujihara, text messages showed that he would lobby Kirk for several Warner Bros. films. She ended up landing roles in Ocean’s 8 and How to Be Single.
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