A lawyer representing Roman Polanski has called an explanation by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas) of its move to expel the director last year “totally absurd and a total sham”.
Braun says that this second hearing was flawed because it is impossible to verify whether the submitted material was fully examined.
A new film by the director, J’Accuse, based on Robert Harris’s book about the Dreyfus affair, is due to premiere later this year.
Speaking to Deadline, Harland Braun called both the response and the original decision “a stupid PR stunt by them to look politically correct”.