The BBC has defended its duty of care standards on Louis Theroux documentary Selling Sex after contributor Ashleigh raised concerns about how she was treated during the making of the sex worker film.
The 23-year-old art student from London was one of three sex workers featured in Theroux’s BBC Two film, but since it broadcast last month, she said the experience has left her “deeply unhappy.” In an op-ed for British publication Gal-Dem, Ashleigh detailed a laundry list of concerns about being “mistreated” during the making of the documentary. The BBC said it worked with Ashleigh “extensively” to address her concerns and believed they had been resolved prior to broadcast.
Ashleigh said she raised a formal complaint about a “prominent member of the crew,” who she said did not conduct himself “in a way I see as professional.” She did not offer specific details but said he “crossed the line,...
The 23-year-old art student from London was one of three sex workers featured in Theroux’s BBC Two film, but since it broadcast last month, she said the experience has left her “deeply unhappy.” In an op-ed for British publication Gal-Dem, Ashleigh detailed a laundry list of concerns about being “mistreated” during the making of the documentary. The BBC said it worked with Ashleigh “extensively” to address her concerns and believed they had been resolved prior to broadcast.
Ashleigh said she raised a formal complaint about a “prominent member of the crew,” who she said did not conduct himself “in a way I see as professional.” She did not offer specific details but said he “crossed the line,...
- 2/4/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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