On Saturday, Ray Fisher sent out another Tweet accusing DC Films president Walter Hamada of attempting to impede the investigation into the actor's initial claims of misconduct on the set of the Joss Whedon-helmed Justice League reshoots back in 2017.
Fisher was responding to the recent news that Warner Bros. is developing a Superman reboot with a Black actor in the lead.
WarnerMedia responded with a statement backing Hamada, and also released a second statement from a retired federal judge who oversaw the investigation.
"Once again there are false statements being made about our executives and our company surrounding the recent Justice League investigation," read WarnerMedia's statement. "As we have stated before, an extensive and thorough third-party investigation was conducted. Our executives, including Walter Hamada, fully cooperated, no evidence was found of any interference whatsoever, and Warner Bros. did not lie in the press. It’s time to stop saying otherwise and move forward productively."
"I am disappointed by continued public statements made suggesting that Walter Hamada in any way interfered with the Justice League investigation. He did not," investigator and former federal judge Katherine B. Forrest said in her statement. "I interviewed him extensively on more than one occasion and specifically interviewed him concerning his very limited interaction with Mr. Fisher. I found Mr. Hamada credible and forthcoming. I concluded that he did nothing that impeded or interfered with the investigation. To the contrary, the information that he provided was useful and advanced the investigation."
Fisher then followed-up with a second Tweet:
Fisher's original claims against Joss Whedon were recently backed up by Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress Chrisma Carpenter (as well as several of her Buffy and Angel costars), who made some very troubling accusations against the director.
WarnerMedia's investigation had already resulted in "remedial action" being taken against Whedon - who "stepped away" from his HBO series The Nevers - but it doesn't look like things are going to be taken much further, and it seems clear that the studio and its financial backers have no intention of continuing to pursue Fisher's claims against Hamada.
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