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 The "Super Size Me" director posted a message through his
Twitter account on Wednesday saying that he had in the past been
accused of rape, had settled a sexual harassment lawsuit, been
unfaithful to wives and girlfriends and made sexist remarks in
his workplace.
"As I sit around watching hero after hero, man after man, fall
at the realization of their past indiscretions, I don't sit by
and wonder 'who will be next?' I wonder, 'when will they come
for me?'
"You see, I've come to understand after months of these
revelations, that I am not some innocent bystander, I am also a
part of the problem," he wrote.
In a statement issued on Thursday by Spurlock's independent
production company, Warrior Poets, which he co-founded in 2004,
partners Jeremy Chilnick and Matthew Galkin said, "As of today,
Morgan Spurlock will be stepping down effective immediately. We
will continue to lead the company as equal partners, producing,
distributing & creating from our independent production
company."
Spurlock's representative Marian Koltai-Levine said Spurlock had
no comment.
In recent months, a number of high-profile men in entertainment,
politics, the media and business have been accused of sexual
misconduct or assaulting women, and some of them have been fired
or forced to resign.
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Spurlock, 47, wrote that about eight years ago he settled a sexual
harassment lawsuit brought by an assistant he had called "hot pants"
or "sex pants" in the office.
He said that he had been "unfaithful to every wife and girlfriend I
have ever had," and that he has had a drinking problem for 30 years.
"By recognizing and openly admitting what I've done to further this
terrible situation, I hope to empower the change within myself. We
should all find the courage to admit we're at fault," Spurlock
wrote.
Spurlock won several awards for his 2004 documentary "Super Size
Me," in which he ate only fast food from McDonald's for a month. His
other documentaries include "Where in the World is Osama bin Laden"
in 2008 and "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" in 2011.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant)
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