re: actor michael weatherly gets #meetoo'd

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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 network's show "Bull," made her uncomfortable when she was beginning a run as a recurring character.

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So what really happened was he was acting like a pig, she told the producers she didn't like it, and they fired her which set themselves up to have to fork out a ton of cash b/c they were about to look like total shitbags for canning a woman who didn't want to hear rape jokes at work. They were also likely in breach of her deal to be a series regular so they painted themselves in a corner. This is no different than a football team having to pay the remainder of a coach's contract that they weren't able to fire with cause.

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