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A weird and salacious story out of Hollywood that sounds like the plot of the next Netflix series out of Ryan Murphy.

It involves sex, a young woman, 4 or more studio executives, and possible extortion.

The short version of the story is that Charlotte Kirk, a young actress who has Asperger syndrome, has had affairs with 2 Hollywood studio CEO - both have lost their jobs. Meanwhile Kirk has made “settlements” with them. Kirk has also been accused of extortion. Other executives have been sucked into the headlines as well.

Ron Meyer former CEO of Universal

Kevin Tsujihara former CEO of Warner

Steve Tisch

Brett Ratner

In Kirk’s defense, her attorney said, “Do people seriously believe that a 19-year-old girl, autistic, vulnerable, naive and ripe to be exploited, arrived in the shark-infested waters of Hollywood and somehow took advantage of some of the smartest and most powerful men in the movie business? How could anybody with an ounce of intelligence believe such ridiculous twaddle?”

Actually... yes I do believe she targeted these men. It doesn’t excuse their behavior. But she might be innocent once. But twice? Possibly three or four times... she sounds like she’s a predator.

Neil Marshall, the director who is engaged to Charlotte Kirk, the actress at the center of two Hollywood studio head ousters, has been dropped by his agency.

Verve no longer represents the writer-director, who made a splash with the 2006 horror movie The Descent and earned acclaim for his work in television with shows such as Game of Thrones.

Verve did not comment on the move. Marshall had been with the agency less than a year, signing with Verve last November.

Kirk is the actress who was at the center of affairs with multiple top Hollywood players, one of which led to the ouster of former Warner Bros. chief Kevin Tsujihara last year. Earlier in August, THR revealed exclusively that was the unnamed woman whom Meyer referenced when he stepped down from his vice chairman post at Universal. In a statement, Meyer alleged that he was the victim of extortion attempt by third parties, said to be Marshall and an ex-boyfriend of Kirk's.

Marshall denied the allegations but in the wake of Meyer’s forced exit, NBCUniversal is investigating Meyer's involvement with Kirk in an effort to determine if any company money or resources were used in conjunction with the affair or a $2 million settlement he reached with her last year.

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The actress’ involvement with Warner Bros. chief Kevin Tsujihara led to his ouster last year.

The woman at the center of NBCUniversal vice chairman Ron Meyer’s abrupt exit is the same actress whose involvement with Warner Bros. chief Kevin Tsujihara led to the executive’s ouster last year.

Sources say Charlotte Kirk, the actress whose affair with Tsujihara had been detailed in a March 2019 Hollywood Reporter story, also had been in a romantic relationship with Meyer. In the case of Tsujihara, text messages showed that he lobbied for Kirk to be considered for a number of Warners movies, an abuse of power that led to his ouster 11 days after THR first reported on the relationship. With Meyer, Kirk’s professional trail leading back to Universal was not apparent.

It is unclear why Meyer recently disclosed the relationship to his bosses, but, according to his own statement, “other parties learned of the settlement [between Meyer and the unnamed woman] and have continuously attempted to extort me into paying them money or else they intended to falsely implicate NBCUniversal, which had nothing to do with this matter, and to publish false allegations about me.” NBCU CEO Jeff Shell broke the news to staff regarding Meyer’s ouster on Tuesday, saying that Meyer “acted in a manner which we believe is not consistent with our company policies or values.”

In his own statement, Meyer admitted he had a consensual affair with a woman and that it was brief. Sources say Kirk did work for a charity that involved autism (Kirk, herself, identifies as on the autism spectrum).

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