--- title: Eliza Dushku Speaks Out Aganst CBS, Michael Weatherly Over Harassment description: The actress Eliza Dushku broke her silence about a $9.5 million confidential settlement she reached with CBS canonical: https://time.com/5485188/eliza-dushku-cbs-michael-weatherly-harassment/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-20T15:01:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:53:02.974Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Eliza Dushku Says CBS Fired Her After She Confronted 'Bull' Co-Star Over Harassment og:description: The actress Eliza Dushku broke her silence about a $9.5 million confidential settlement she reached with CBS og:url: https://time.com/5485188/eliza-dushku-cbs-michael-weatherly-harassment/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5331f03c35add35/698941fd656a3f9a01bd64ab/eliza-dushku-michael-weatherly-cbs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Bull og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Eliza Dushku Says CBS Fired Her After She Confronted 'Bull' Co-Star Over Harassment twitter:description: The actress Eliza Dushku broke her silence about a $9.5 million confidential settlement she reached with CBS twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5331f03c35add35/698941fd656a3f9a01bd64ab/eliza-dushku-michael-weatherly-cbs.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Eliza Dushku Says CBS Fired Her After She Confronted _Bull_ Co-Star Over Harassment > Sponsored content. 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Nunnelly while Michael Weatherly portrays Dr. Jason Bull. Actress Eliza Dushku is seen on the set of "Bull" as J.P. Nunnelly while Michael Weatherly portrays Dr. Jason Bull. CBS Photo Archive—CBS via Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Dec 20, 2018 3:01 PM UTC Eliza Dushku broke her silence about a $9.5 million confidential settlement she reached with CBS, saying the network fired her after she confronted co-star Michael Weatherly over his alleged sexual harassment on the set of the show _Bull_. In a [Boston _Globe_ op-ed](https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/12/19/eliza-dushku-responds-what-happened-cbs-took-job-and-because-objected-being-sexually-harassed-was-fired/OCh7h0pwg4Aq7xfwOUasyO/story.html) published Wednesday, Dushku detailed the harassment from Weatherly, which included comments about his “rape van,” name-calling, comments on her beauty, boasting about his virility, and a remark about having a threesome. She said CBS wrote her off _Bull_ after she addressed Weatherly’s behavior with him directly. Dushku’s essay comes after the New York _Times_ reported that [CBS settled her harassment claims for $9.5 million](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/business/media/cbs-bull-weatherly-dushku-sexual-harassment.html). While Dushku declined an interview for the _Times_ story in order to honor the terms of her settlement with CBS, she wrote that she chose to speak out this week after seeing that Weatherly and _Bull_ showrunner Glenn Gordon Caron had provided comments “in what amounted to more deflection, denial, and spin,” she wrote. “The narrative propagated by CBS, actor Michael Weatherly and writer-producer Glenn Gorden Caron is deceptive and in no way fits with how they treated me on the set of the television show _Bull_ and retaliated against me for simply asking to do my job without relentless sexual harassment,” she wrote. “This is not a ‘he-said/she-said’ case. Weatherly’s behavior was captured on CBS’s own videotape recordings.” Representatives for Weatherly did not immediately comment on Dushku’s piece. In a statement to the _Times_, Weatherly said Dushku was uncomfortable with his “attempt at humor.” “When Eliza told me that she wasn’t comfortable with my language and attempt at humor, I was mortified to have offended her and immediately apologized,” he said. “After reflecting on this further, I better understand that what I said was both not funny and not appropriate and I am sorry and regret the pain this caused Eliza.” Dushku wrote that she dealt with sexual harassment and bullying from Weatherly “day-in and day-out” for 10 to 12 hours each day for weeks until she spoke to him about it. In response to her request that he “help ease the sexualized set comments” Weatherly said: “Eliza, no one respects women more than I do,” according to Dushku’s piece. Following that conversation, Dushku said she was written off the show. According to Dushku, the bullying continued even through the settlement process. “The boys’ club remains in full force at CBS,” she wrote. “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.” Dushku’s essay comes as CBS faces other sexual harassment scandals. Her settlement deal with the network came to light during an investigation of former CBS CEO Les Moonves over accusations of sexual assault and harassment, including forced oral sex, groping and retaliation. Moonves was terminated for cause and will not receive $120 million in severance, the CBS board announced Monday. Former CBS co-anchor Charlie Rose and former _60 Minutes_ producer Jeff Fager were also fired in recent months over sexual misconduct allegations. CBS confirmed Dushku’s settlement in a statement. The network said the amount she received reflects what she would have gotten for the balance of her contract as a series regular on _Bull_. “The allegations in 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,” CBS said in its statement. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] We can't all be ****. We can't all be asking for it. I am here to give you permission to be angry. This reality might not have to be our reality anymore. I felt this crushing sense of powerlessness. This is the time to take my power back. Here's my story. Uber promises. Investigation into sexual harrassment. Fox News cutting its ties with Bill O'Reilley. I felt it was my duty for the women who are silent to be brave. It's okay to stand up for yourself. Taylor Swift appearing in court today. Harvey Weinstein, the New York- People forget a lot that there's a human behind this. Someone who was very hurt and wronged. [ MUSIC ] [ CROSSTALK ] I always thought maybe things could change for my daughter. I never thought things could change for me. [ MUSIC ] Honestly, I was furious. I have had a man grope me in front of multiple collegues and I was tired of wondering if it was something I wore, I was tired of wondering if it was a vibe I was giving off and when I talked to other women they were furious too >> I felt that if I can speak out, may be if I just stand up then someone else would stand up with me >> There wasn't a place For us to report these experiences. But I sure did talk about it a lot over the years. The least I could do was actually tell my own story and validate theirs for them in a way, just as I was hoping someone much bigger than me would help validate my story. And I knew that other women Would continue to apple for jobs there and that made me feel really uncomfortable. I was afraid of the retaliation, I know the power of patriarchy. I know what men can do when their angry. They did everything that they could to prevent me from raising my concerns further. They asked me if there were other girls, maybe that he has done this too and can I go get them. I had to show them that I wasn't lying And it's like they took me for a joke. And if they couldn't stop us from talking, well, they were gonna stop everybody from listening to us. People digging into my Instagram and pulling up sexy photos as if they kind of discredited me. Well, I've seen you in committee. You're really tough. Why didn't you just hit him? Why did you let it go on for so long? I was a smart young woman that had gone to college, that knew how to fight, and I still was manipulated and conned. I felt ashamed that I hadn't spoken out sooner, not having the strength earlier on to make it stop. The feeling of being humiliated as a woman And there's a point you think is it my fault? For so long I went around harboring this ridiculous belief that because I was a non white woman in my 20s, it was expected that I would have to be treated this way. We don't have to just live like this. Few things could change from my daughter I never thought things could change from me. I'm here to give you permission to be angry, people are afraid specially women where conditioned since birth to be polite. To be nice, to be kind, to be liked to not make waves. ****. We can't all be crazy, we can't all be ****, we can't all be asking for it. And I'm telling you that all the people who stand up, all the people who speak out you are teaching people how to treat and you should not be shamed for that. The shame is not ours to hold, the shame is on perpetrator. Me Too can be a conversation starter or it can be the whole conversation. It took away the power from the predator. And placed the power on the victim. And maybe, just maybe we would be able to get a glimpse at the magnitude of this problem. The amount of people sharing the stories with me is so intense. People that were complete strangers reached out to tell very personal stories. It's What they did with this and they did a lot and not only in France in Hong kong japanese. The most months >> I feel like the day that I spoke up and I said you are a sexual harasser I changed >> some of the. Things in the night. [ FOREIGN ]. It's an honor to be the person that hey I spoke up about this. I took on the risk. And I was very humbled and I was very proud. I'm very glad now that the story has been heard. It's a direct response to that arrogance and that show of power and [ UNKNOWN ]. A sense, we won't be silenced. 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