Animation Festival Boots Kobe Bryant From Jury After #MeToo Petition
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Los Angeles Lakers legend and Oscar-winning producer Kobe Bryant will not serve on the jury for the Animation is Film Festival in Hollywood after an online petition demanded his removal over a 2003 rape allegation.
Bryant, who won an Oscar for the animated short “Dear Basketball”, was scheduled as a juror for the animation festival at the TCL Chinese Theatres this weekend, according to Variety.
But after a Change.org petition was posted last week – and garnered less than 200 signatures as of Wednesday morning – Bryant was taken off the jurors list.
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“In light of the #MeToo movement, there has been little to no recourse for Kobe Bryant’s actions of sexual assault. We demand that GKIDS, Variety, & Annecy revoke their complicity in enabling a sexual predator to continue a life without any accountability both as an individual and a celebrity”, the petition stated.
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