‘Parish’ Co-Creator/EP Sunu Gonera Out After Sexual Misconduct Investigation
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Sunu Gonera has been let go from AMC Networks’ series Parish, on which he was co-creator, executive produced and director. “We recently became aware of some very serious allegations against an individual working on this production, who was immediately suspended and then terminated at the conclusion of an internal investigation,” a spokesman for AMC Networks said in a statement to Deadline, declining further comment.
According to multiple sources, the allegation was of sexual assault over an incident that occurred in late September at an off-set apartment outside of production hours on the series starring Giancarlo Esposito, which is filming in New Orleans.
Sources close to Gonera insist the encounter was consensual and the behavior in question involved touching. The alleged victim, who contacted AMC and has filed a police report, is said to be a longtime employee of Gonera’s who did not work for AMC.
According to sources, the living accommodations during production involved her and Gonera sharing an apartment; she spent the night after the alleged incident in her room.
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