Time’s Up CEO steps down amid fallout over Cuomo controversy

Published August 27, 2021 12:21pm ET



The CEO of Time’s Up Now and the Time’s Up Foundation is resigning after two years with the advocacy group following reports that she stonewalled a statement supporting one of then Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s alleged sexual harassment victims.

A report from the Washington Post published on Wednesday alleged that Tina Tchen prevented Time’s Up, which “aims to create a society free of gender-based discrimination in the workplace and beyond,” from issuing a statement in support of Lindsey Boylan, the first woman to publicly accuse Cuomo of sexual misconduct in December 2020. Tchen also texted senior Time’s Up advisers to “stand down” from releasing a statement in support of Boylan after the group was asked for comment by Fox News, the report added.

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