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Source: Associated Press
December 14, 2018
LOS ANGELES (AP) CBS reached a $9.5 million confidential settlement last year with actress Eliza Dushku after on-set sexual comments from Michael Weatherly, star of the networks show Bull, made her uncomfortable when she was beginning a run as a recurring character.
CBS confirmed the settlement Thursday night in a statement to The Associated Press.
Dushku was written off the show after complaining about Weatherlys comments on her appearance and jokes involving sex and rape made in front of cast and crew in March of 2017, according to the New York Times , which first reported the settlement.
The allegations in Ms. Dushkus claims are an example that, while we remain committed to a culture defined by a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace, our work is far from done, the CBS statement said. The settlement of these claims reflects the projected amount that Ms. Dushku would have received for the balance of her contract as a series regular, and was determined in a mutually agreed upon mediation process at the time.
The settlement remerged during the current investigation of former CBS CEO Leslie Moonves, who was ousted in September after the New Yorker published allegations from 12 women who said he subjected them to mistreatment that included forced oral sex, groping and retaliation if they resisted.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/cb436ed447584cb5987cfdaa405e729e
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Source: New York Times
By Rachel Abrams and John Koblin
Dec. 13, 2018
In March 2017, Eliza Dushku, an actress known for her work on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, signed on to play a major role in three episodes of the CBS prime-time drama Bull, and there were plans to make her a full-time cast member.
Her time on the set began promisingly. The shows star, Michael Weatherly a mainstay of CBSs prime-time lineup for 15 years seemed friendly. And a producer and writer on Bull, Glenn Gordon Caron, told Ms. Dushku she would be more than a love interest.
Then came a series of comments that made Ms. Dushku uncomfortable. In front of the cast and crew, Mr. Weatherly remarked on her appearance, and made a rape joke and a comment about a threesome. Shortly after Ms. Dushku confronted the star about his behavior, she was written off the show. She believed her time on Bull came to a sudden end as a result of retaliation.
After she went through mediation with CBS, the company agreed to a confidential settlement that would pay her $9.5 million, roughly the equivalent of what Ms. Dushku would have earned if she had stayed on as a cast member for four seasons.
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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/business/media/cbs-bull-weatherly-dushku-sexual-harassment.html
Srkdqltr
(7,350 posts)Weatherly is still with the show? Not called out?
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)That needs to be asked repeatedly.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)"After considering a lawsuit, Ms. Dushku entered into mediation with CBS. Mark Engstrom, the chief compliance officer at CBS, participated, along with Bettina B. Plevan, a partner at the law firm Proskauer Rose, who was serving as outside counsel for the company.
Mr. Engstrom handed over outtakes from Bull in the belief that they would help the companys cause, because they showed Ms. Dushku cursing on the set, investigators wrote in the draft of their report.
The strategy backfired. The outtakes were a gold mine for Ms. Dushku, the lawyers wrote, because they actually captured some of the harassment on film."
mitch96
(14,484 posts)if the culture at the corporation led to the leaving of Pauley Perrette? She might have signed a NDA and got a big cash out... I really liked her on NCIS...
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tymorial
(3,433 posts)Ilsa
(62,130 posts)left to star in Bull, didn't she? I wonder who was harassing her, if not just Weatherly? The new cast of ncis seems pretty solid.
tymorial
(3,433 posts)CBS appears to be a cess pool. Pauley Perrette posted on Twitter that she experienced harassment on the set of NCIS. Brad Kern is a racist and harassed Shalita Grant and other female staff. Disgusting
mitch96
(14,484 posts)Maybe Zoe McLellen also? she just up and walked also.. I liked her work also.
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