![]() Another time he told me that his sperm were powerful swimmers.”ĭushku alleged that after speaking to the co-star about toning down his comments, he texted the head of CBS Studios and she was fired the next day. Off script, in front of about 100 crew members and cast members, he once said that he would take me to his rape van and use lube and long phallic things on me and take me over his knee and spank me like a little girl. She didn’t refer to Weatherly by name, but she added that the male co-star “frequently referred to me as ‘legs.’ He would smell me and leeringly look me up and down. This was beyond anything I had experienced in my 30-year career.” I suffered near constant sexual harassment from my co-star. “However, in my first week on my new job I found myself the brunt of crude, sexualized and lewd verbal assaults. “I was told that the role would be a six-year commitment to play a smart, strong leading lady, a confident high-powered lawyer meant to counterbalance the existing male lead, and that the role had been written specifically with me in mind,” Dushku said. ![]() She received a $9.5 million settlement from CBS, the Boston Globe reported in 2018. In 2016, Dushku had a recurring role in Season 1 of “Bull” that was meant to become a regular role, but she alleges that she was fired from the show after accusing star Michael Weatherly of sexual harassment. Us Weekly has reached out to Weatherly and CBS for comment.Actor Eliza Dushku shared her experience facing sexual harassment on the set of CBS’ “ Bull” in front of a House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, speaking out about being fired from the show and forced to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Sign up for Us Weekly's free, daily newsletter and never miss breaking news or exclusive stories about your favorite celebrities, TV shows and more! “In the settlement process, CBS used as defense a photo of me in a bathing suit, pulled from my own Instagram, as if this suggested I deserved or was not offended by the sexual harassment I experienced,” she said. She added that “the boys’ club” at CBS continues, as does the “bullying” that she endured. Caron defended Weatherly, explaining he had simply exhibited ‘frat’ behavior and added, ‘What does expect, she was in Maxim.’ On the subject of my legal rights, Caron said to my manager, ‘If Eliza wants to be out of the business by suing CBS, she can be out of the business.’” “My talent representatives spoke to Caron about my firing months later. What’s more, as was documented in several e-mails and texts, they and the production company, Amblin Television, were reportedly loving my work and called what I was doing for the show ‘fantastic’ and that they ‘love this dynamic,’” she wrote. “They said they didn’t believe that Caron had the authority to fire me this way and suggested that it could not be true. Shadiest Behind-the-Scenes Feuds Read article Then at the wrap party, he went “out of his way to humiliate” her, calling her a “truly beautiful woman” in a toast.ĭushku claims she was fired in the middle of shooting, within 48 hours of her complaints and that the CBS execs were “baffled” by the actions. She added that she did not receive an apology from Weatherly, but instead “a final act of bullying.” He allegedly sent a “memo” to the crew, telling them not to comment on her appearance. ![]() Weatherly wielded this special friendship as an amulet and, as I can see now, as a threat,” she wrote. He allegedly offered to take her to his “rape van, filled with all sorts of lubricants and long phallic things.” Additionally, the actor would allegedly brag about his friendship with former CBS CEO Les Moonves. (Moonves was fired following sexual misconduct allegations.) “He regaled me with stories about using Moonves’s plane, how they vacationed together, and what great friends they were. She claims that she was “harassed” by Weatherly multiple times and it was all caught on tape. ![]() Stars Who Were Fired From Jobs Read article ![]()
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