Louis C.K. and the Recording Academy faced a backlash Monday after the US comedian was awarded a Grammy, five years after sexual misconduct revelations temporarily derailed his high-flying career.
C.K. -- who admitted to masturbating in front of multiple women following a newspaper expose in 2017 -- won best comedy album on Sunday for a show addressing his scandal, but did not attend the ceremony in Las Vegas.
"Amazing. Louis CK serially abused women but gets to keep his career and even get a Grammy," tweeted Atima Omara, a writer and political strategist. In November 2017, The New York Times published allegations against C.K. by five women, who accused him of masturbating or asking to masturbate in front of them or on the telephone, in separate incidents dating from the late 1990s to 2005.
The scandal emerged just a month after revelations about Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein triggered the global #MeToo movement.
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