Beau DeMayo, the creator and executive producer of the Marvel Animation series “X-Men ’97,” has accused Marvel and Disney of “egregious prejudicial misconduct” in a 30 minute video he posted to his OnlyFans profile.
DeMayo was fired by Marvel on the eve of “X-Men ’97’s” series premiere on Disney+ in March, but the studio declined to comment on the reasons for his removal until August, following an accusation from DeMayo that he was stripped his credits for Season 2 of the show after he posted a fan art of himself shirtless as the X-Men character Cyclops in June for gay pride. Following that allegation, Marvel released a statement that DeMayo was terminated due to the “egregious nature” of findings in an “internal investigation” of DeMayo. A source with knowledge of that investigation further told Variety it was for sexual misconduct, and that DeMayo’s credits were stripped because he violated the terms of his termination agreement.
“These allegations of egregious misconduct are false,” DeMayo said on Wednesday, and he said that rumors of the nature of DeMayo’s alleged misconduct that have been floated on various sites and podcasts are “lies.”
“They are offensive,” DeMayo continued. “But more concerning is that they’re a smear campaign designed to discredit my credibility in order to cover up egregious prejudicial misconduct stretching from select crew members on ‘X Men ’97’ all the way to the top of Marvel Studios.”
DeMayo alleges that he both experienced and witnessed misconduct while working on “X-Men ’97” in his capacity as showrunner, and during a brief stint as a screenwriter on the long-in-the-works feature film “Blade,” set to star Mahershala Ali.
A spokesperson for Marvel Studios did not respond to a request for comment.
More to come.
Source Agencies
