--- title: Halle Berry's Former Manager Accused of Sexual Harassment description: Vincent Cirrincione helped launched the careers of Halle Berry and Taraji P. Henson. Now, nine women of color say he sexually harassed them canonical: https://time.com/5132019/halle-berry-manager-vincent-cirrincione/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-03T17:10:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T19:08:03.438Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Halle Berry's Ex-Manager Accused of Sexual Harassment og:description: Nine women have come forward with the allegations og:url: https://time.com/5132019/halle-berry-manager-vincent-cirrincione/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8b900ead95f0de9/6988fa81656a3f6342bd3649/vincent-cirrincione-halle-belle-manager-accused-sexual-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2005 TNT Black Movie Awards - Show og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Halle Berry's Ex-Manager Accused of Sexual Harassment twitter:description: Nine women have come forward with the allegations twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8b900ead95f0de9/6988fa81656a3f6342bd3649/vincent-cirrincione-halle-belle-manager-accused-sexual-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Halle Berry's Ex-Manager Accused of Sexual Harassment ## Video: TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers [Watch (HLS stream): TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jbtW5SvJ.m3u8) (5:02)  _Published 2017-12-06. For giving voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing all of us to stop accepting the unacceptable, the Silence Breakers are the 2017 Person of the Year._ by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Feb 3, 2018 5:10 PM UTC  Vincent Cirrincione, Executive Producer (center) and fellow producers, winners of the award for Outstanding Television Movie for "Lackawanna Blues" Vincent Cirrincione, Executive Producer (center) and fellow producers, winners of the award for Outstanding Television Movie for "Lackawanna Blues"Photo by John Shearer—WireImage by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Feb 3, 2018 5:10 PM UTC Vincent Cirrincione helped launched the careers of Halle Berry and[ Taraji P. Henson](http://www.extracrispy.com/culture/3718/taraji-p-henson-on-body-positivity-self-doubt-and-cereal). Now, nine women are saying he sexually harassed them. The nine women, eight of whom are African-American and one who is Asian, [told the Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/he-helped-halle-berry-and-taraji-henson-to-stardom-now-9-minority-women-are-accusing-him-of-sexual-harassment/2018/02/02/259e8196-f590-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.8ebd47bfe3ed) Cirrincione made unwanted sexual advances toward them over two decades. Three of the women said he asked for sex as a condition for representing them and refused to do so when they did not have sex with him. Another women told the _Post “_he offered to help advance her career if she agreed to have sex with him monthly.” Another of the actresses said that Cirrincione masturbated in front of her in his office over the years he managed her, according to the report. Many of the women said they quit or took extended breaks from acting, the _Post_ reported. Many of them also said they viewed Cirrincione as a “gatekeeper” for the acting business, which has[ few paths for people of color](http://time.com/4644539/oscar-nominations-diversity-hollywood/). The women said he would use names of actresses he’s previously worked with, such as Halle Berry, as “bait,” even telling one of the women “he was the only manager who knew what to do with black actresses,” according to the _Post._ In total, the allegations the _Post_ heard stretch from 1993 to 2011. In a statement to the newspaper, Cirrincione said that [he supports the movement of women](http://time.com/money/5107657/times-up-go-fund-me-donations/) calling out sexual abusers and added that he’s had affairs, but said the relationships were consensual and that he did not trade sexual favors for representation. Halle Berry released a statement regarding the allegations on Twitter Friday, saying she was “saddened” by the allegations and “sick” after reading the womens’ accounts. > [](https://twitter.com/halleberry/status/959615344854872065) “I’m livid that used me, and the role model he helped me become, to lure and manipulate innocent, vulnerable women of color for his predatory actions,” Berry posted on Twitter. “I’m deeply hurt and I want these woman and countless others to know I see you. I hear you. You matter. I will fight for you.” The _Post_ said it spoke to the women, along with people they said they told about their experiences, multiple times and individually over three months. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5132019/halle-berry-manager-vincent-cirrincione/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5132019/halle-berry-manager-vincent-cirrincione/"},"headline":"Halle Berry's Ex-Manager Accused of Sexual Harassment","datePublished":"2018-02-03T17:10:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:08:03.438Z","description":"Nine women have come forward with the allegations","url":"https://time.com/5132019/halle-berry-manager-vincent-cirrincione/","keywords":["celebrities","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8b900ead95f0de9/6988fa81656a3f6342bd3649/vincent-cirrincione-halle-belle-manager-accused-sexual-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte8b900ead95f0de9/6988fa81656a3f6342bd3649/vincent-cirrincione-halle-belle-manager-accused-sexual-harassment.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2005 TNT Black Movie Awards - Show","caption":"2005 TNT Black Movie Awards - Show","creditText":"Photo by John Shearer—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5132019/halle-berry-manager-vincent-cirrincione/","name":"Halle Berry's Ex-Manager Accused of Sexual Harassment"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence Breakers","description":"For giving voice to open secrets, for moving whisper networks onto social networks, for pushing all of us to stop accepting the unacceptable, the Silence Breakers are the 2017 Person of the Year.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/jbtW5SvJ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-12-06T12:11:05.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/jbtW5SvJ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5132019/halle-berry-manager-vincent-cirrincione/","duration":"PT5M2S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5132019/halle-berry-manager-vincent-cirrincione/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```