- Ben Affleck (Academy Award winning writer, actor & director): multiple allegations of sexual harassment
- Woody Allen (Academy Award winning writer, actor & director): allegations of child sexual abuse
- Eddie Berganza (fired writer/editor at DC comics): multiple allegations of sexual assault
- William Burroughs (writer): killed his wife Joan Vollmer
- Dallas Clayton (children’s author & motivational speaker): allegation of rape
- Devin Faraci (film writer, former editor-in-chief of Birth.Movies.Death): allegation of sexual assault
- Al Franken (writer, comedian, US senator, TV host): allegation of sexual harassment and sexual assault
- Gary Goddard, (producer and writer): allegation of child sexual abuse and rape
- Don Harmon (Community and Rick and Morty creator): allegations of ‘workplace misconduct’
- Israel Horovitz (playwright): multiple allegations of “sexual misconduct”
- Harry Knowles (Fantastic Fest co-founder & Ain’t It Cool News) allegations of sexual assault
- Norman Mailer (writer): allegations of domestic violence & sexism
- Murray Miller (writer for HBO’s Girls): allegation of sexual assault
- V.S Naipul (writer): allegations of domestic violence & misogyny
- Rick Najera (writer, producer, CBS Diversity Director): allegations of sexual harassment
- J.D. Sallinger (writer): allegations of sexual exploitation of teenage girls
- Chris Savino (animator & writer): multiple allegations of sexual harassment
- Elie Wiesel (Nobel Laureate, Holocaust survivor, political activist, writer, professor): 1 allegation of sexual harassment