actor michael weatherly gets #meetoo'd

So when he was DiNozzo he wasn't actually acting?

Apparently CBS is where all the creeps work. Moonves, Charlie Rose, this guy. What a toxic network.

Checks out

Did you read what the horrific thing he did was?

The absolute rape of Eliza????



He told a rape joke, referenced a threesome in a joke, and made fun of her shoes in front of the crew.


My fricking god he should be hung...

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He told a rape joke, referenced a threesome in a joke, and made fun of her shoes in front of the crew.

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It made her "uncomfortable." The horror. Apparently, we now have the absolute right to not be made to fee "uncomfortable."

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He told a rape joke, referenced a threesome in a joke, and made fun of her shoes in front of the crew.

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I'm sure that's all it was for them to fork over $9.5 million. That can't be the sanitized "please don't protest us for not canning this dude" version at all!

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She also alleged that Weatherly would make comments publicly about bending her over his leg and spanking her and that when filming a scene with a windowless van, Weatherly said he would take her to his “rape van.”

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What? You mean you can't tell a person you hardly know you are taking them to your rape van where you're gonna bend them over and spank them? Is this not America?

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His behavior was enough to make Dushku extremely uncomfortable, causing her to bring it to his attention, the Times reports. But only a short time after their confrontation, Dushku was stunned to learn that her once-promising character had been suddenly written off the show.

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Ahh... the old you're fired for bringing us your concerns about a co-worker's behavior maneuver. Bold move Cotton!

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“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,” they added.

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Holy frick this show must really bring in some serious cash for them.


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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What? You mean you can't tell a person you hardly know you are taking them to your rape van where you're gonna bend them over and spank them? Is this not America?

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Is that what he did?

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Is that what he did?

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Yes and when she told the producers they fired her. So this isn't so much as a "metoo" thing as a "they had a shitty reason for firing her and it bit them in the arse" thing.

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So this isn't so much as a "metoo" thing as a "they had a shitty reason for firing her and it bit them in the arse" thing.

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I don't disagree with that. He didn't harass her. Just told some jokes that made her uncomfortable. They viewed that as her being a troublemaker and cut her loose. Not sure why they wouldn't just tell him to chill, at least around her. Her character wasn't bad and seemed to work well with Bull.

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Actress eliza dushku claims he harassed her when she guest starred on his show "bull".

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