The Rotten Apples database is a curation of news articles focused on allegations of sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry.
In order for a link to a news article to be included with a film or tv show on this site, it must be from a credible news publication. In addition, the content of the linked article must have also been reported on by at least two additional publications from the list below.
In some instances, if a first person account by a survivor is published on a legitimate site such as Medium—and is also reported on by a number of credible journalistic sources—we have chosen to link to the first person account.
NY Times
The Guardian
Hollywood Reporter
Variety
Washington Post
The Advocate
The Independent
AV Club
Buzzfeed News
NPR
Huffington Post News
Time
Indiewire
New Yorker
NY Magazine
Vox
The Atlantic
LA Times
Vanity Fair
The Daily Beast
The Wrap
GQ
Deadline
NY Daily News
Rolling Stone
USA Today
Eater
Newsweek
The Telegraph
CNN
NBC News