Abuse successful the media manufacture is astir apt inactive happening arsenic organisations are not doing capable to support women, the civilization caput has warned successful the aftermath of Russell Brand's conviction.
Lisa Nandy told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: "Hand connected heart, I can't accidental to you arsenic the civilization caput that this is not happening today. In fact, if I had to wager, I would accidental it is."
She added that since entering government, "many people" from wrong the manufacture had reached retired to her "to allege that things person happened to them".
Brand was recovered blameworthy of rape and intersexual battle aft a four-week trial, pursuing allegations from aggregate women spanning the decennary betwixt 1999 and 2009.
Nandy was asked whether she believed determination was inactive exploitation and maltreatment wrong the media industry, pursuing the Brand proceedings and cancellation of Channel 4 world amusement Married astatine First Sight aft the BBC revealed rape allegations.
She said: "I bash not spot that overmuch has changed successful presumption of the mode that institutions successful the media manufacture and crossed nationalist life, including politics, woody with women who precise bravely travel guardant to allege abuse."
Nandy added that determination was often nary extortion and a "very dense cost" for women who talk up successful industries specified arsenic media and politics, pointing to powerfulness imbalances and short-term contracts immoderate unit members are given.
"Time is up, it truly is clip for the media manufacture to instrumentality this seriously."
She said galore had travel guardant from wrong the industry, including from the BBC.
But she added that the BBC had been an "exemplar" successful signing up to the manufacture assemblage to support whistleblowers - the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority - and urged different organisations to travel suit.
The BBC has been approached for comment.
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