However, according to the draft report, during mediation, representatives for CBS attempted to bolster the company’s decision to not continue Dushku’s employment by producing outtakes from filming which showed the actress cursing. 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 of these claims reflects the projected amount that Ms. Dushku’s 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 statement said. See Bruce Springsteen Return to New Jersey Bedroom Where 'Nebraska' Was Born Weatherly responded by asking Dushku why she didn’t report the crew member for his comment, and then later, according to investigators, he texted David Stapf, the president of CBS Television Studios, and said he wanted to talk about Dushku’s sense of humor. Dushku began by telling Weatherly that “everyone loves” him and follows his lead, using the threesome incident as an example. In yet another incident noted by investigators and discussed in the report, while filming a scene involving a white, windowless van, Weatherly commented that he would take Dushku to his “rape van” which he said contained phallic objects and lubricant.ĭushku approached one of the show’s producers about her increasing discomfort with Weatherly’s behavior, and they agreed she would bring the matter to Weatherly’s attention. Dushku told investigators the incident made her feel “disgusting and violated.” Dushku said at one point, she was approached by a crew member who remarked “I’m with Bull,” implying he too was interested in a threesome. There was also an incident in which Dushku made a gesture with three fingers, and in response, Weatherly joked that she wanted to have a threesome with another male cast member.ĭushku told investigators that because of Weatherly’s prominence on the show, his comments in front of the cast and crew were met with laughter and even mimicry. On another occasion, Dushku claimed, Weatherly said he wanted to bend her over his knee and spank her. “Here comes legs,” Weatherly remarked when Dushku walked on set wearing a suit, according to notes taken by the law firm’s investigators. The report concluded that CBS’s handling of Dushku’s complaints was, according to the Times, “ misguided” and “emblematic of of larger problems” at the company, which had a “tendency to protect itself, at the expense of victims” when “faced with instances of wrongdoing.”ĭushku was interviewed by CBS’s lawyers as part of their investigation, and their report details her allegations about Weatherly’s conduct.Īccording to Dushku, during filming, Weatherly repeatedly subjected her to comments of a sexual nature in front of other members of the cast and crew.
But that’s not all - according to a follow-up article published by the Times on Friday, the draft report also revealed that earlier this year, CBS agreed pay the actress Eliza Dushku $9.5 million to confidentially settle her claims of sexual harassment by actor Michael Weatherly on the set of the network series, Bull. Last week, the New York Times obtained a draft of the lawyers’ final report, which concluded that the corporation had justification to terminate Moonves with cause and, possibly, to deny him a lucrative severance. When the CBS Corporation board of directors hired two law firms in August to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct by former chief executive Leslie Moonves, they also asked them to examine broader “cultural issues at all levels” of the network.
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