(CNN)Eliza Dushku testified successful beforehand of the House Judiciary Committee connected Tuesday astir her intersexual harassment accusations during her clip connected "Bull."
In 2018, CBS agreed to pay Dushku $9.5 cardinal aft she claimed she was written disconnected of "Bull" successful retaliation for accusations she came guardant with against Michael Weatherly.
Before Congress, Dushku was capable to speech extracurricular a non-disclosure agreement.
The histrion said successful her testimony: "In 2017, I was aggressively pursued by CBS to go a co-lead successful a amusement called 'Bull.' I was told that the relation would beryllium a six-year committedness to play a smart, beardown starring woman — a competent, high-powered lawyer meant to antagonistic equilibrium the existing antheral lead, and that the relation had been written specifically with maine successful mind. However, successful my archetypal week connected my caller occupation I recovered myself the brunt of crude, sexualized and lewd verbal assaults. I suffered adjacent changeless intersexual harassment from my co-star."
Dushku added that Weatherly called her "legs" and talked astir his sperm.
"During the people of taping our show, I made immoderate jokes mocking immoderate lines successful the script. When Eliza told maine that she wasn't comfy with my connection and effort astatine humor, I was mortified to person offended her and instantly apologized," Weatherly told the New York Times successful 2018. "After reflecting connected this further, I amended recognize that what I said was some not comic and not due and I americium atrocious and regret the symptom this caused Eliza."
"The allegations successful Ms. Dushku's claims are an illustration that, portion we stay committed to a civilization defined by a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace, our enactment is acold from done," CBS said successful a connection to CNN astir the clip of the agreement. "The colony of these claims reflects the projected magnitude that Ms. Dushku would person received for the equilibrium of her declaration arsenic a bid regular, and was determined successful a mutually agreed upon mediation process astatine the time."
Dushku said she is hoping to assistance extremity for others the concealed arbitration process she felt forced to participate involving her allegations.
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