Amazon's TV and movie boss has resigned after being accused of sexual harassment

Roy Price, the head of Amazon Studios, resigned from his position on Tuesday, according to CNN's Brian Stelter. His resignation comes after a producer working for Amazon alleged he sexually harassed her.According to CNN, Albert Cheng, who took over Price's position afterhe was suspended last week, will continue as theinterimhead of Amazon Studios.Isa Hackett, a producer on Amazon's"The Man in the High Castle"and the daughter of authorPhilip K. Dick, whose worktheshow is based ontold The Hollywood Reporterthat Price sexually harassed her in 2015."You will love my d---," Price said, according to Hackett.Price was suspended indefinitely from his position at Amazon Studios on Thursday evening, the same day THR published its report. However, news of the claim had been floating around since August, when thefirst report of his alleged harassmentwas published by The Information. That report did not contain the details that appeared in THR.Price joined Amazon in 2004, when the company set out to start working in the on-demand video space. Amazon Studios has since grown into anoriginal TV show and film studio. Under Price, Amazon launchedshows includingCatastrophe, Bosch, and the Emmy-winning Transparent.On Thursday, as details of Hackett's sexual harassment allegation broke, actress Rose McGowantweeted that Priceknew that"HW" (most certainly Harvey Weinstein) sexually assaulted her, and that Price ignored it.SEE ALSO:Jennifer Lawrence says a producer put her in a 'nude line-up' and told her to lose '15 pounds in 2 weeks'Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: 'They're bad for chefs, they're bad for restaurants' ' Anthony Bourdain goes on an epic rant against Yelp
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