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Claims made by a former HBO staffer person revealed nan network's CEO demanded an worker make concealed societal media accounts to respond to online criticism.
In papers revenge astatine the Los Angeles Superior Court, Sully Temori claims Casey Bloys, nan studio's CEO, was commanding a 'secret army' to push backmost against TV critics posting unfavorable reviews of HBO titles.
Temori's wrongful termination and harassment suit singles retired HBO's elder vice president of play programming, Kathleen McCaffrey, who allegedly requested asked him to create clone accounts successful June 2020.
He says Bloys was 'obsessed pinch Twitter' and 'always wants to prime a fight' connected nan platform.
McCaffrey reportedly would instruct Temori connected behalf of Bloys to create clone online accounts to respond to critics connected societal media and different publication's articles, Rolling Stone reports.
The suit has revealed that nan studio's CEO, Casey Bloys was commanding a 'secret army' to push backmost against TV critics posting unfavorable reviews of HBO titles
According to messages analyzed by nan publication, Kathleen McCaffrey asked Temori to create clone accounts successful June 2020, explaining that Bloys was 'obsessed pinch Twitter' and 'always wants to prime a conflict connected Twitter'
'He ever texts maine asking maine to find friends to reply … is location a measurement to create a dummy relationship that can't beryllium traced to america to do his bidding,' McCaffrey asked him.
Temori’s attorney, Michael Martinez, told Rolling Stone that his customer created a clone Twitter relationship to comply pinch his bosses’ requests and began to deed backmost astatine critics.
One specified lawsuit was erstwhile nan show, The Nevers premiered successful April 2021 and Rolling Stone main TV professional Alan Sepinwall gave nan show a two-and-a-half prima rating, which irked Bloys.
McCaffrey soon texted Temori and said: 'Casey is looking for a tweeter … he’s huffy astatine Alan Sepinwall.
'Can our concealed operative please tweet astatine Alan’s review: "Alan is ever predictably safe and frightened successful his opinions". And past we person to delete this concatenation right? Omg I conscionable sewage frightened lol.'
On nan aforesaid day, a recently created relationship named 'Kelly Shepherd', a self-described Texas mom and herbalist, responded to Sepinwall's tweet astir his reappraisal pinch nan aforesaid nonstop message.
Soon enough, Shepherd began to respond to aggregate critics, either criticizing them aliases praising HBO and Bloys successful nan remark section.
When nan aforesaid show was criticized by New York Times main TV professional James Poniewozik, Temeri nether his clone alias, was asked to write: ' How shocking that 2 mediate aged achromatic men (you & Hale) are shitting connected a show astir women…….' nether nan tweet.
The account’s floor plan image appeared to beryllium a banal photograph utilized crossed respective world business websites. Martinez confirmed to Rolling Stone that Temori had made nan clone relationship nether Shepherd's name.
Bloys' crippled besides progressive Temori commenting connected articles by different publications nether his instructions.
The personification had written: 'HBO became a joke arsenic soon arsenic Lombardo near nan existent group are idiots. Blogs is simply a cocky useless puppet who has nary sense. Orsi is dumb arsenic a rock. Any is bully but clueless.'
The Nevers premiered successful April 2021 and Rolling Stone main TV professional Alan Sepinwall gave nan show a two-and-a-half prima rating, which irked Bloys
When nan aforesaid show was criticized by New York Times main TV professional James Poniewozik, Temeri nether his clone alias, was asked to write: ' How shocking that 2 mediate aged achromatic men (you & Hale) are shitting connected a show astir women…….' nether nan tweet
According to texts, Bloys asked: 'Someone really says we went downhill aft [HBO’s erstwhile president of programming Michael] Lombardo left! Please person them post, ‘Hi David Levine! HBO seems conscionable good thanks!'
His connection was posted verbatim connected Deadline's website.
The web has not denied nan beingness of these messages and has refused to remark connected them. In a statement, a spokesperson said: 'HBO intends to vigorously take sides against Mr. Temori’s allegations.
'We are not going to remark connected prime exchanges betwixt programmers and errant tweets.'
Temori sued arsenic a John Doe and alleged that he was harassed complete his disablement and intersexual orientation.
The title besides names The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) and 2 different executive producers connected his show, The Idol, alleging that they bullied Temori to push him retired of his occupation astatine nan studio.
