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Conductor Dutoit out at 7 symphonies amid sexual assault accusations JOCELYN GECKER and JANIE HARAssociated Press6:38 AMDec 22, 2017Symphonies in Boston, San Francisco and Sydney have severed ties with world-renowned conductor Charles Dutoit. Classical orchestras in New York, Chicago and Cleveland have announced that he’s withdrawn his services for upcoming concerts.The reaction has been swift in the classical music world following graphic sexual assault accusations made by three opera singers and a classical musician to The Associated Press.As symphonies around the globe reacted to the detailed accounts, accusations surfaced about Dutoit’s decades-long reputation for inappropriate behavior. ...The women, two who were named, said the Swiss-born conductor physically restrained them, forced his body against theirs, sometimes put his tongue in their mouths and, in one case, stuck her hand down his pants. ...
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