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'The Apprentice' Director Ali Abbasi Exits CAA, Entertainment 360, Accused of groping A list actor

The filmmaker is known for helming the Oscar-nominated feature that stars Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump.

Deadline, which broke the news, reported about an alleged groping incident involving at Abbasi at CAA’s Golden Globes party last month, but the agency had no comment on the issue. Abbasi helmed the feature The Apprentice, which was released theatrically by Briarcliff Entertainment in October after a splashy premiere at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. Abbasi’s previous movies include the 2022 release Holy Spider, which was the Danish selection for the best international feature Oscar (but was not nominated), and 2018’s Border, which won the Un Certain Regard award at Cannes that year.

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