BAFTA Can Strip Future Winners of Awards

BAFTA can retroactively strip awards from winners convicted of serious crimes starting in 2025
In the fallout from the Huw Edwards scandal, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts has passed a new rule allowing the awards body to retroactively strip competitive awards from future winners convicted of serious crimes following a review process.
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BAFTA Can Strip Future Winners of Awards If Convicted of Crimes
BAFTA, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, has added provisions to its rulebook that give it the power to retrospectively strip winners of its competitive awards of their trophies in cases of convictions of a crime that results in a prison term or "proven dishonesty,
BAFTAs can now be revoked if the winner commits a crime
It’s 2024, and the BAFTA Awards are tougher on serious crime and “proven dishonesty” than the U.S. presidential election. And you know what? Sure. It honestly makes sense at this point. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts just announced that starting in 2025,
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