National Geographic (DStv 181 / StarSat 220 / Cell C black 261) says the channel is "moving forward" with the abruptly halted The Story of God with Morgan Freeman that it renewed for a 3rd season in January this year only to stop production after being forced to do an investigation into Morgan Freeman after several serious sexual misconduct allegations, but now saying its own investigation found nothing.
In May 8 people came forward and claimed that Morgan Freeman sexually harassed them and was involved in other inappropriate behaviour towards them.
"When we learned of recent allegations surrounding Morgan Freeman completely unrelated to our work with him, as a precaution we paused production on our new season in order to complete a thorough investigation led by our parent company Fox, executed through an independent investigator," says National Geographic in a statement.
"The results of this investigation revealed no incidents of concern during any of our work with Morgan Freeman."
"We have now made the decision to move forward with the production of season three of The Story of God. This series has expanded our understanding of religion and culture around the world and has touched many of our fans, and along with Morgan and the team at Revelations Entertainment, we look forward to resuming pre-production this September."
"As a company, we take all issues of harassment very seriously and we're confidently assured by the results of the investigation. The new season will premiere globally on National Geographic channels in 2019."
