Bryan Lourd Hits Back At Ari Emanuel, Calling Him “Erratic” & “Self-Serving” Over Harvey Weinstein Comments

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The war of words between agencies bosses continues. CAA Co-Chairman & CEO Bryan Lourd hit back after Endeavor boss Ari Emanuel said that Lourd and Kevin Huvane should take a leave of absence for their involvement in issues related to Harvey Weinstein and said that his company has more morals. “We all know Ari Emanuel to be an incredibly performative and erratic and in my mind self-serving human, I think much to the detriment of not just his colleagues, but his clients, the few that he’s got left.

More importantly, his investors. The idea that he in anyway could hold himself out as morally superior to anyone, but specifically around challenges to women, it’s ironic that the comapnies that he’s let his group into and the men that he’s partnered with and defends are maybe his advisors on women’s issues, but these are very serious issues, they’re not meant for any hypocritical soundbites so you’re not going to get any from me.

We were falsely accused and we’re going to address those accusations in court, in a proper forum,” Lourd said. While Lourd didn’t mention any names during his conversation at Bloomberg’s Screentime event, he’s alluding to the likes of UFC boss Dana White and WWE’s Vince McMahon, who have had their own challenges with women.

This comes after Emanuel said that the duo should take a leave of absence. CAA, which along with Disney and Miramax, is being sued by Julia Ormond over an alleged sexual assault by Weinstein in 1995, and Emanuel said that there should be a full investigation. “Seven different agents knew about different incidents with women.