Legendary Entertainment President Chris Albrecht has been put on administrative leave after details of a 1991 incident during his tenure at HBO surfaced in an upcoming book.
A representative at Legendary confirmed that Albrecht is on leave, which was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Legendary had no other comment on the matter. But the action by the company comes on the heels of revelations in a soon-to-be-published history of HBO that recounts how the network paid a settlement of at least $400,000 to another executive, Sasha Emerson, after she alleged that Albrecht shoved and choked her.
