Ronan Farrow has threatened to cut ties with Hachette over an upcoming memoir by his father, Woody Allen.
“I was disappointed to learn through press reports that Hachette, my publisher, acquired Woody Allen’s memoir after other major publishers refused to do so and concealed the decision from me and its own employees while we were working on ‘Catch and Kill,’” the journalist said in a statement posted to Twitter on Tuesday. “I’ve also told Hachette that a publisher that would conduct itself in this way is one I can’t work with in good conscience.”
Farrow’s 2019 book recounted the challenges he faced while reporting on the allegations of sexual misconduct against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. As Farrow explains in his statement, it is “a book about how powerful men, including Woody Allen, avoid accountability for sexual abuse.” The book was published by Hachette imprint Little, Brown.
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