Chris Hardwick's Name Returns to Nerdist Website After AMC Investigation

Some women have quit Nerdist as a result!

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chris-hardwicks-name-returns-nerdist-website-amc-investigation-1133891

In the wake of an AMC investigation into allegations of misconduct, Nerdist founder Chris Hardwick has returned to the company website's "About" page.

"Founded by Chris Hardwick in 2012, Nerdist is home to the Nerdist Podcast Network, Nerdist News and Nerdist Presents," the page read as of press time on Friday. The website had previously scrubbed references of the founder's name after ex-girlfriend Chloe Dykstra accused a former boyfriend, assumed to be Hardwick, of sexual assault and emotional abuse in a story on Medium in June.

"Following an internal investigation conducted with the assistance of outside employment counsel into Mr. Hardwick’s conduct while employed at Nerdist, we have made the determination to restore the reference to Mr. Hardwick as a founder of Nerdist," the company said in an official statement.

Nerdist's move follows an investigation by AMC that resulted in Hardwick returning to the network as the host of Talking Dead and Talking With Chris Hardwick after a brief hiatus. Labor attorney Ivy Kagan Bierman of Loeb & Loeb presided over the inquiry.