Date 01/08/2015 - News People
Executive producer John Ridley doesn?t shy away from tackling tough social issues, as he proved in the first season of ABC?s ?American Crime,? which recently earned 10 Emmy nominations. In the anthology series? second season, Ridley reveals to Variety exclusively, the show?s central crime will revolve around a high school boy who accuses several players on a championship basketball team at a private school of sexually assaulting him ? and taking photos and posting them online. That storyline will allow the showrunner to explore issues of social economics, education, as well as sexual orientation.
