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These allegations are serious, the publisher said in a statement.

Baileys literary agency, the Story Factory, has also dropped the author.
Even those of us hurt by him still loved him on some level, she wrote.
He was supposed to be our mentor.
In many ways, he was.
And then he used our trust in him against us in the cruelest and most intimate way possible.
A Norton spokeswoman told theTimesthat the allegation was taken seriously.
Mr. Bailey will be free to seek publication elsewhere if he chooses.
Im proud to publish it, Lyons said.
Skyhorse has published controversial titles before, including memoirs byWoody AllenandMichael Cohen.