Mark Wahlberg donates $1.5m for victims of anti-sexual harassment group

NEW YORK - American actor Mark Wahlberg has announced that he would donate $1.5M to a legal fund for victims of anti-sexual harassment following a controversy regarding the massive pay gap between him and a female co-star.

Ridley Scott partially re-shot his latest movie, All the Money in the World, after Kevin Spacey was fired due to sexual misconduct allegations, with both Wahlberg and Michelle Williams acting opposite Spacey's replacement, Christopher Plummer.

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However, female star Williams was reportedly paid less than $1,000 but on the other hand, Wahlberg made $1.5 million for reshoots on the film.

"Over the last few days my reshoot fee for 'All the Money in the World' has become an important topic of conversation," Wahlberg said in a statement.

"I, 100% support the fight for fair pay and I m donating the $1.5M to the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund in Michelle Williams name," he announced.

The Time's Up initiative was started by more than 300 major actresses and female writers, directors, agents and other entertainment bigwigs, earlier this month.

The fund aims to tackle pervasive sexual harassment in workplaces, calling special attention to abuse in the glamorous field.

The initiative caps a year in which the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct scandal rocked the industry that brought down powerful men in entertainment, politics and the media, prompting companies, government agencies and even the US federal court system to access harassment policies.