NBCUniversal Continues Investigating as Charlotte Kirk Affair Expands to Other Moguls | THR News - video Dailymotion

After ousting its longtime studio chief, the company has hired outside counsel to investigate "Ron's behavior," an insider says.

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00:00NBCUniversal has hired outside counsel to investigate former vice chairman Ron Meyer's

00:05behavior following an affair with actress Charlotte Kirk in 2013 and the $2 million

00:09settlement he reached with her last year, leading to his recent ouster from the company.

00:14And now the Kirk affair is expanding to even more moguls. According to an insider,

00:18the investigation is an effort to determine if any company money or resources were used

00:22in conjunction with the affair or its cover-up. The goal is to determine if the media giant was

00:27unwittingly a party to any impropriety. An NBCUniversal spokesperson confirmed that an

00:32investigation is underway. All this comes at a time when the Kirk scandal keeps expanding with

00:37more powerful Hollywood men named as having been involved with the now 27-year-old actress,

00:42who is said to have Asperger's syndrome and was possibly promised roles and auditions in

00:46exchange for sex. According to one lawyer who is knowledgeable about matters involving Kirk,

00:50this is the tip of the iceberg. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Steve Tish,

00:54a heavyweight producer behind Forrest Gump and The Equalizer and chairman, co-owner and executive

00:59VP of the New York Giants, had a relationship with Kirk in 2012, predating the beginning of

01:05Meyer's affair by a few months. Unlike Meyer and former Warner Bros. chief Kevin Tsujihara,

01:10Tish was not married at the time. He was involved with a then-19-year-old Kirk,

01:14who had just moved from her native England to New York. Tish marks the latest name in the

01:18expanding network of film and TV brokers with whom Kirk has had relationships.

01:21The source characterized Tish's affair with Kirk as encompassing only two or three dates.

01:26A rep for Tish declined to comment. For much more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:31For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.