Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski Expelled from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 

Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski have been expelled from the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  The prestigious organisation – which runs the Oscars – took the decision after TV star Cosby was convicted of sexual assault last month. 

Director Polanski admitted statutory rape of a 13-year-old in 1977.  Producer Harvey Weinstein was kicked out last year, following numerous allegations of sexual assault. Only four people are known to have been expelled in its history. 

The first was actor Carmine Caridi, who had his membership revoked in 2004 after he allegedly sent confidential film preview videos to a friend which ended up online.

SOURCE: BBC
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