After Weinstein Scandal, Justice League’s Ben Affleck Faces Pressure To Step Down As Batman

Ben Affleck, Harvey Weinstein and Matt Damon
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 07: Actor Ben Affleck, producer Harvey Weinstein and actor Matt Damon attend the Film Independent NYC "Live Read" at NYU Skirball Center on October 7, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Mireya Acierto/WireImage)

After a number of actresses including Suicide Squad’s Cara Delevingne and Underworld’s Kate Beckinsale detailed horrific encounters with Harvey Weinstein, Ben Affleck a close associate of Weinstein found himself in hot water as well. Weinstein backed Affleck’s Good Will Hunting which launched his career in 1997. A resurfaced clip from MTV’s TRL appears to show Affleck groping One Tree Hill’s Hilarie Burton. Then makeup artist Annamarie Tendler made her own allegations against Affleck.

Now, a number of people are calling for Ben Affleck to vacate the roll of Batman. They include Jack Posobiec, a reporter who gained fame with his coverage of the 2016 election and the Trump presidency for Canada’s Rebel media. Posobiec now runs a right-leaning Super Pac called Rev18.

https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/918241418778423296

Joining Posobiec is hip-hop artist Jubilee.

https://twitter.com/JubileeDJ/status/918466155479752705

A number of others also called for Affleck to give up his role as Batman. Still Others have called for a boycott of Affleck altogether.

https://twitter.com/Grymlynz/status/918511890933911554

https://twitter.com/tatobin2/status/918456989637906433

https://twitter.com/Navy1983mjb/status/918265777374900224

https://twitter.com/Dfaz23/status/918415976143634433

Do you think Ben Affleck should step down as Batman?

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