The Kidulthood director was initially set to be honoured on the awards final yr for excellent contribution to British cinema. Nonetheless, his membership was revoked weeks later in June 2021 after 20 ladies got here ahead to accuse him of misconduct, together with sexual harassment and bullying in an article printed by The Guardian.
Clarke, 46, has vehemently denied the claims.
It has now emerged that the filmmaker filed papers in opposition to Bafta on the Excessive Court docket final week, the Sunday Instances studies.
Reacting to the reported lawsuit, a Bafta spokesperson informed : ‘A yr in the past, Bafta was clear about what led to Mr Clarke’s award and membership being suspended following severe accusations of groping, harassment and bullying by 20 ladies printed by The Guardian.
‘We stand by our determination and are very shocked by the information he now needs to sue the humanities charity. If proceedings are served, we are going to after all defend ourselves.’
Asserting its determination to droop Clarke’s membership, a rep for Bafta stated on the time: ‘In gentle of the allegations of great misconduct relating to Noel Clarke in The Guardian, Bafta has taken the choice to droop his membership and the excellent British contribution to cinema award instantly and till additional discover.’
Clarke then responded by denying the allegations, and stated: ‘In a 20-year profession, I've put inclusivity and variety on the forefront of my work and by no means had a criticism made in opposition to me. If anybody who has labored with me has ever felt uncomfortable or disrespected, I sincerely apologise.
‘I vehemently deny any sexual misconduct or wrongdoing and intend to defend myself in opposition to these false allegations.’
In March 2021, the Metropolitan Police introduced it had dropped its investigation into sexual harassment allegations in opposition to Clarke.
He was accused of sexual misconduct on the set of BBC sequence Physician Who, during which he starred between 2005 and 2010.
Clarke denied the allegations, saying: ‘I vehemently deny any sexual misconduct or legal wrongdoing.’
In accordance with The Mirror, the Met terminated its investigation as detectives determined the ladies’s testimonies ‘wouldn't meet the brink for a legal investigation’.
Metro.co.uk has reached out to Clarke’s consultant for remark.
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