BAFTA stated in a press release on Friday that within the days following an announcement that Mr. Clarke can be awarded the prize, it acquired emails accusing him of sexual misconduct.

The allegations, the group stated, have been both nameless or second- or third-hand accounts by way of intermediaries, including that it could have responded in another way if the testimonies had come straight from the accusers.

“No names, times, dates, productions or other details were ever provided,” BAFTA stated. “Had the victims gone on record as they have with The Guardian, the award would have been suspended immediately.”

BAFTA, which had beforehand honored Mr. Clarke with its rising star award in 2009, stated in an earlier statement, launched shortly after the article was revealed, that it had suspended his award and membership of the academy “immediately and until further notice.”

The Guardian report cited practically two dozen ladies within the film trade who stated they’d been subjected to a variety of abuses that embody undesirable bodily contact, groping and compelled kisses, in addition to unsolicited sexual conduct on set, together with eight on the report.

The Norwegian movie producer Synne Seltveit stated Mr. Clarke slapped her buttocks in 2015, and later despatched an undesirable specific sexual image. The actress Gina Powel stated Mr. Clarke uncovered himself to her in a automotive and later groped her in an elevator, additionally in 2015. Anna Avramenko, an assistant movie director, stated Mr. Clarke had forcibly kissed her on set in 2008 and had tried a number of occasions once more after the incident.

Helen Atherton, an artwork director on “Brotherhood,” which is a part of “The Hood” trilogy, stated Mr. Clarke had violated norms for the moral filming of intercourse and nude scenes, together with the hiring a nonprofessional actress to carry out a scene during which intimate elements of her anatomy have been seen.