Deputy chair of BAFTA defends decision to award Noel Clarke
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nme.comafter it was told about allegations of sexual assault, harassment and bullying against the star.Dame Pippa Harris said had the awards body known “one fraction of the information” detailed in The Guardian‘s exposé then it would not have proceeded to honour him with its Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award last month.Sky News asked Harris why BAFTA made a trained expert available to Clarke’s accusers after he was awarded in order to give them professional advice – two weeks after it first learnt about some of the claims.“If we had had one fraction of the information that the Guardian had had, we would never have given an award to Noel Clarke,” Harris told the broadcaster.“That is obvious, but we didn’t have that information.
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