Showbiz CEO once treated for sex addiction reportedly resigns after a co-worker claims sexual harassment and explicit photos of him with a porn star hit the internet
- [size=1.4em]Richard Nanula is the chairman of the board at Miramax
- [size=1.4em]Previously an executive at Disney
- [size=1.4em]Ex-wife claimed Nanula spent up to $10,000 on prostitutes and once claimed to be cured of his sex addiction thanks to 6-day rehab
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[size=1.2em]An entertainment industry big wig with a gold-plated resume has reportedly resigned in the wake of pornographic photos of him emerging online and a work-related sexual harassment suit despite a sex-addicition rehab stint ten years prior.
[size=1.2em]Richard Nanula holds a Harvard MBA. He held top titles at Disney and biotech juggernaut Amgen. Currently, he sits as chairman of the board of Miramax.
[size=1.2em]And though the suave wheeler-dealer has made millions for his companies, his reportedly unseemly predilections may prove his undoing.
Maxed out: Miramax chairman Richard Nanula has taken a leave of absence after a sexual harassment charge and after photos of him in a compromising position with a porn star allegedly hit the internet
[size=1.2em]Variety[size=1.2em] [size=1.2em]reported June 26 that website TheDirty.com had published photos it claimed showed Nanula engaged in sex acts with a porn star.
[size=1.2em]The photos have since been taken down, but remained viewable at a site called PornNewsToday.com.
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[size=1.2em]Sources for Variety said the photos were the reason for the leave of absence Nanula recently took from Miramax and Colony Capital, which owns a large stake in the entertainment group.
[size=1.2em]One of Colony Capital’s largest investors, it should be noted, is Qatar Holding, the sovereign wealth fund of the deeply conservative Muslim country.
Old hat: Nanula, right, with Miramax CEO Michael Lang and actress Carly Steel in 2011. The Harvard MBA's 2005 divorce claimed he'd spent $10,000 on prostitutes during his marriage to ex-wife Tracey
[size=1.2em]‘Richard Nanula has taken a leave of absence from Colony and Miramax for personal reasons,’ Lisa Baker, a publicist with Owen Blicksilver PR, which reps Colony, told Variety.
[size=1.2em]Now, the [size=1.2em]New York Post[size=1.2em] [size=1.2em]is reporting that a sexual harassment suit may be an additional reason for Nanula’s leave of absence.
[size=1.2em]Additionally, says the Post, that leave of absence is actually a permanent vacation. However, Colony Capital failed to substantiate the Post’s tip that Nanula has resigned.
Cured? Nanula, 2nd from right in 1997, reportedly entered a 6-day sex addiction rehab ten years ago that, he claimed in his divorce, had cured him
[size=1.2em]‘Based on our investigation,’ a Colony rep told Page Six, ‘these matters are personal to Mr. Nanula, and it would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.’
[size=1.2em]The harassment suit centers on a paralegal at Colony named Stephanie Shaw, who claims Nanula groped her buttocks in an ‘unwelcome, extreme, and offensive’ way back in early 2012 and filed suit in a Los Angeles court.
[size=1.2em]Shaw, who was fired after less than a year with the company, is also alleging wrongful termination, among other wrongdoings. The court documents can be read in their entirety, [size=1.2em]here[size=1.2em].
Accused: A paralegal at Colony Capital, which has a major stake in Miramax, has filed a sexual harassment suit against Nanula claiming he groped her buttocks and that she was subsequently fired
[size=1.2em]Meanwhile, this isn’t the first bit of funny business the executive has been accused of.
[size=1.2em]Back in 2005, Nanula’s then wife Tracey filed for divorce. According to court papers, Tracey claimed that she had found that Nanula had spent as much as $10,000 on prostitutes and traced his infidelities back to 2001.
[size=1.2em]Tracey also indicated in her filing that Nanula had, at one time, completed a 6-day rehab stint for sex addiction that he subsequently claimed had cured him.
[size=1.2em]Tracey Nanula would not comment on the case.
[size=1.2em]The sexual harassment issue is now in binding arbitration, in which Shaw is seeking unspecified damages. [size=1.2em]MailOnline reached out to both Miramax and Colony Capital, though neither had responded as of Sunday afternoon.
Stepped down? Page Six claims Nanula has resigned, not just taken a leave of absence, from his positions at Miramax and Colony Capital
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2357825/Showbiz-CEO-treated-sex-addiction-reportedly-resigns-worker-claims-sexual-harassment-explicit-photos-porn-star-hit-internet.html#ixzz2YRjFxhaU
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