When the first accusations against Kevin Spaceythe impact on Hollywood was immediate and devastating. Although he was acquitted in 2023 of all charges, in February 2025, a former British actor named Ruari Cannon She sued him for sexual assault at the High Court in London.
Thus, the two-time Oscar winner went in a matter of days from being the central figure of House of Cards to become an unwanted presence in the industry.
Netflix suddenly cut ties, Ridley Scott digitally removed it from All the Money in the World and multiple projects were shelved.
At the moment, Kevin Spacey He admitted in an interview that he has financial problems derived from his bad image due to sexual scandals, which is why he does not have his own home and lives in hotels and temporary accommodation.
“I live in hotels, I live in Airbnb accommodations, I go where the work is. I literally have no home“That’s what I’m trying to explain,” he told the media. The Telegraph.
Like the actor, several names—for very different reasons—were left out of the system. Some were convicted; others, simply discarded due to the weight of the accusations, although they never set foot in a court.
In all cases, the consequence was the same: Hollywood closed the door. Below we give you a review of the most media trials in the industry.
If there is a name that symbolizes the most resounding fall in the recent history of the industry, it is that of Harvey Weinstein. An iconic producer of the 1990s and 2000s, the driving force behind multiple Oscar winners, Weinstein accumulated allegations of sexual harassment, abuse and coercion for decades.
In 2017, reports from The New York Times and The New Yorker They uncovered more than 80 testimonies, which led him to face a historic trial.
In 2020 he was sentenced to 23 years in prison in New York for rape and sexual abuse; He then faced a second trial in Los Angeles, which resulted in another sentence of to 16 years in prison for the same crimes.
However, in April 2024, the New York Court of Appeals overturned the 2020 conviction, because testimonies from women who were not formally charged were allowed, which the court said generated prejudice in the trial.
At the moment, Harvey Weinstein He is being held in the Rikers Island prison in New York.
Hollywood did not wait for the verdict to expel him: the Academy removed him from its list of members and companies associated with him disappeared from the map.
The career of Armie Hammerwhich promised to consolidate him as one of Hollywood’s new male protagonists after Call Me By Your Namecollapsed in 2021 after multiple women spread private messages and accusations related to sexual misconduct, emotional manipulation, and alleged abuse.
Although Hammer has not been convicted of a crime and he denies the allegations, the reputational damage was devastating. Almost all of his projects were cancelled, he lost key roles in film and television and retired from public life.
At the center of multiple controversies since 2020, Ezra Miller He went from being the young promise of Warner Bros. to a public relations problem for the studio.
In March 2022, the actor was arrested in Hawaii for disorderly conduct and harassment following an altercation at a karaoke bar. According to reports, the famous man shouted obscenities, took the microphone from a woman who was singing and lunged at a man who was playing darts.
A month after that incident, the Hollywood star was arrested again, this time for second-degree assault after police responded to a call around 1:10 AM at a gathering at a private residence in the Leilani Estates subdivision.
“Ezra Miller became enraged after being asked to leave and reportedly threw a chair, striking a 26-year-old woman in the forehead, resulting in an approximately half-inch cut,” Honolulu police said in a statement.
Although Warner tried to keep The Flash as a viable project, the star’s erratic behavior turned the premiere into an act of damage containment.
The film failed, and since 2023 Miller’s career has been practically stopped, as he has had no job offers.
In 2019, Lori Loughlinfamous for Full Housewas involved in the call college admissions scandala fraud ring that allowed children of celebrities and businessmen to access elite universities through bribery and falsification of credentials.
The actress pleaded guilty, served a short prison sentence and paid fines. Although his case was less serious than others on this list, Hollywood reacted forcefully.
His character in Full House He didn’t return for the final season, even Garage Sale Mysteries and When Calls the Heart They were canceled after the scandal.
In 2023, Danny Mastersonknown for That ’70s Showreceived a sentence of 30 years to life in prison for rape. The case, which involved the testimony of several women, also included allegations of a cover-up by members of the Church of Scientology.
Netflix had fired him from The Ranch since 2017, but the conviction sealed his public fate, as his name was removed from credits, his agents cut ties and platforms began to review projects associated with him.
Since May 2023, the actor has been serving a 30-year prison sentence for the crime of rape.
In February 2024 Charlain Olmedoa judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, considered that Masterson represented a flight risk, so he was transferred to the California State Prison, which is a maximum security prison.
The case of Johnny Depp It is one of the most complex and high-profile in recent years, marked by competing lawsuits and accusations of domestic violence on the part of his ex-wife. Amber Heard.
In 2018, when the first statements of the star of Aquaman, Warner Bros. removed him from the franchise Fantastic Animalsasking him to resign after losing a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper The Sun in the UK.
Disney subsequently froze its involvement in Pirates of the Caribbeanleaving the saga that he had turned into a global phenomenon on indefinite pause.
The 2022 trial in the United States was a turning point: Depp won the defamation case against Heard, while she received a partial verdict in her favor for another statement. Although he was legally vindicated, Hollywood did not immediately reinstate him.
After the trial, the famous man chose to focus on European and independent projects such as Modì: Three Days on the Wing of Madness (2024), a biographical film directed by him, about the painter Amedeo Modigliani.
In April 2025 it was announced that Johnny Depp is in the middle of filming Day Drinkera thriller in which he will star alongside Penelope Cruz.
On June 12, 1994, when his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and his friend Ronald Goldman They were found brutally murdered outside her condominium in Brentwood, Los Angeles.
The researchers identified OJ Simpson as the main suspect after finding blood at the scene that matched him and, at the same time, traces of the victims in his house and his vehicle.
Before turning himself in, the NFL player starred in the moment that marked the case: a televised chase in a white Ford Bronco truck, followed live by some 95 million viewers, until he finally surrendered to the police.
The prosecution presented a strong case based on DNA, a history of domestic violence and an alleged motive linked to jealousy and control. However, the defense managed to sow doubts about the manipulation and handling of evidence, especially by questioning the behavior of Detective Mark Fuhrman and alluding to institutional racism within the police department.
On October 3, 1995, the jury found OJ Simpson Not guilty of the murders, however his career was never the same.
Years later, in 2007, he was arrested for armed robbery in Las Vegas and sentenced to 33 years in prison, although he was released in 2017 after obtaining parole. OJ Simpson died on April 10, 2024at 76 years old.
