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Left Bank Pictures, the Sony-owned producer behind The Crown, has defended its handling of a sexual assault complaint against former producer Chris Croucher.

Croucher, who was employed by Left Bank as an executive producer after working on shows like Downton Abbey, pled guilty to sexual assault and common assault last year after he groped one woman and assaulted a second woman at a Christmas party in December 2019. Croucher was spared prison, but was given a community order and added to the sex offenders’ register. He was diagnosed with terminal cancer last year.

Both of Croucher’s victims have identified themselves as part of a report by The Guardian. Holly Bourdillon and Laura Johnston were working in post-production on Left Bank’s Netflix series White Lines at the time of the incident. Bourdillon, who was the victim of the sexual assault, first complained to Left Bank about Croucher’s behavior...

Left Bank Pictures, the Sony-backed U.K. producers of Netflix smash hit “The Crown,” has been accused of mishandling a sexual harassment complaint, according to an expose published in The Guardian on Monday.

Freelancers Holly Bourdillon and Laura Johnston were working on the post-production of “White Lines,” another Netflix show produced by Left Bank, in December 2019 in London. Chris Croucher, then an executive producer at Left Bank, sexually assaulted Bourdillon, and also physically assaulted Johnston, according to The Guardian.

Croucher was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2020. He pleaded guilty to sexual and common assault in January 2021 and was sentenced to three months’ curfew and a five-year community order.

However, Bourdillon and Johnston allege in The Guardian that a meeting with Left Bank CEO Andy Harries and COO Grace Wilson, along with two other unnamed members of staff in January 2020, caused them distress. “Andy starts the meeting by saying that Chris was an amazing producer,...

Left Bank Pictures, the producers of The Crown, have issued a statement in response to a report regarding the company’s handling of a sexual assault complaint.

In a story published Monday in The Guardian, Left Bank — in which Sony owns a majority stake — was accused by two former female staff members of badly mishandling a complaint against a male senior executive who sexually and physically assaulted them following a work event.

Chris Croucher, a former executive producer at Left Bank, pleaded guilty to the sexual and common assault of Holly Bourdillon and Laura Johnston, freelancers who were brought on ...

Left Bank Pictures, the producers of The Crown, have issued a statement in response to a report regarding the company’s handling of a sexual assault complaint.

In a story published Monday in The Guardian, Left Bank — in which Sony owns a majority stake — was accused by two former female staff members of badly mishandling a complaint against a male senior executive who sexually and physically assaulted them following a work event.

Chris Croucher, a former executive producer at Left Bank, pleaded guilty to the sexual and common assault of Holly Bourdillon and Laura Johnston, freelancers who were brought on ...