10 September 2021: Time's Up's Housecleaning Deepens After Corruption by Cuomo

Time’s Up Dissolves Advisory Board That Included Natalie Portman, Jessica Chastain and Reese Witherspoon

The Time's Up sexual harassment advocacy group is attempting to fully clean house after its integrity was fully corrupted and co-opted by Andrew M. Cuomo's influence network.

Time’s Up has dissolved an advisory board that included several A-list Hollywood actors, including Jessica Chastain and Reese Witherspoon, as the organization continues to face an existential crisis.

The advocacy group — formed with much fanfare just three years ago at the height of the #MeToo movement — has been profoundly harmed by its mishandling of harassment allegations against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Time’s Up announced on Saturday that its governing board would resign over the next 30 days, and that a new board would be chosen to oversee the group. Only four of the 22 governing board members were expected to stick around for a transitional period.

Time’s Up also had a 71-member advisory board, which included a broad range of activists and Hollywood stars. In addition to Chastain and Witherspoon, the board members included Natalie Portman, Janelle Monae, Brie Larson, Tessa Thompson, Padma Lakshmi, Laura Dern, America Ferrera, Kerry Washington, Tarana Burke, Alyssa Milano, Gretchen Carlson, Amy Schumer and Julianne Moore.

Nina Shaw, a Time’s Up cofounder, notified the members via email on Sunday morning that the advisory board — formally called the Global Leadership Board — had been dissolved.

“This is notice to you that effective immediately, Time’s Up has dissolved the Global Leadership Board,” she wrote. “There is no need for your individual resignations, as the group no longer exists.”...

Time’s Up has been in freefall since the release of the New York attorney general’s report on the allegations against Cuomo in early August. The report showed that Time’s Up leaders had collaborated with the Cuomo administration on how he should respond. Subsequent reporting also showed that CEO Tina Tchen had blocked the release of a statement supporting Lindsey Boylan, the original Cuomo accuser, and had suggested that she was not a credible source.

Time's Up's actions come as the group has failed to pursue its stated mission, assisting women subject to sexual harassment, when its leadership and board members chose to service Andrew M. Cuomo's interests and political advancement ahead of serious misconduct allegations raised by Lindsay Boylan against the former New York Governor. The resignations of its senior officials and board members reflect the extent of the group's political corruption.