Golden Globes Voter Sam Asi Faces Investigation After 3 Women Accuse Him of Misconduct (Exclusive)

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investigation by TheWrap to accuse the Palestinian journalist of abusing their trust by turning professional situations into sexualized encounters, including a former assistant who said that Asi showed her pornography at work and kissed her on the lips without her consent.

A spokesperson for the HFPA — which has been under fire for much of the last year amid accusations of corruption, racism and self-dealing that prompted NBC to back out of televising the Globes last month — said that the organization sent the information provided by TheWrap to an outside law firm for review, citing the group’s “intolerance for any type of discrimination or harassment.”“The HFPA takes any and all allegations very seriously and does not condone any type of inappropriate misconduct or behavior,” the spokesperson said. “If it is found that a member has violated the Code of Conduct, disciplinary action will be taken, including suspension and/or expulsion from the organization.

Upon receiving this information, we immediately sent the complaints to the outside law firm for review and investigation. The HFPA strongly encourages anyone with any complaint against any member to do the same.”Asi, an HFPA member since 2010 who was responsible for running the HFPA website as recently as last year, on Tuesday responded to detailed accounts of the accusations: “We deny all these baseless accusations, and we have ample evidence to prove them false.” He did not provide any evidence ahead of publication to counter the women’s claims.In interviews with TheWrap, three women went on record to detail accusations against Asi. • Tianyue Li, who worked as an unpaid assistant for Asi for six months in 2017, said that Asi played Chinese pornography in front of her.