Horovitz departs from the Gloucester Stage Company as his son,Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz, issues statement saying ‘I believe the allegations are staunch’Award-winning playwright-screenwriter Israel Horovitz, and who faces multiple allegations of sexual harassment,has departed from the Gloucester Stage Company.
The Massachusetts-based theater announced on Thursday that Horovitz – who is the father of Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys – had left after officials there confronted him approximately a New York Times story detailing on-the-record allegations ranging from forcible kissing to rape. Horovitz was Gloucester’s founding artistic director and an ex-officio member of the board of directors. In 1993, the Boston Phoenix reported similar allegations. But the theater at the time defended him.
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Source: guardian.co.uk