

This is not a man saying, 'I didn't see it so it didn't happen.' He said: I have been up most of the night just running through my memories thinking, 'What did I miss?' Meanwhile, another Buffy alum, Anthony Head, who played Rupert Giles, has admitted he was gutted to have been unaware of Carpenter's experience on the show and admitted he's been kept awake worrying about the fact he had no idea. It starts and will end because of courageous truth-tellers like you.

May you and countless others feel the solidarity and connection you have likely missed for too long. She continued: Neglecting to 'name' the power/gender/sexual/racial abuse epidemic in the entertainment industry (and for that matter society in general) enables the abusers and only emboldens and ultimately fortifies abusive systems. What I'm learning more and more - and have personally found most valuable - is that profound healing can only come from naming and disclosing what actually happened, the necessary first step (once someone's ready) to freeing ourselves from our secrets, untold truths which have kept us isolated, ashamed, and held hostage.(sic)ĭushku thinks it is important for people to speak out in order to bring down abusive systems. Our secrets indeed make and keep us sick. I frequently think of the saying, 'we are as sick as our secrets, Dushku continued. Your post was powerful, painful, and painted a picture we'll collectively never un-see or un-know. Earlier that year, she accused a stuntman of sexual assault on True Lies when she was 12.ĭushku wrote in a statement on Instagram: CC, my heart aches for you and I'm so sorry you have held this for so long. In 2018, she was paid US$9.5 million (S$2.6 mil) to settle sexual harassment claims on the set of Bull involving the show's Michael Weatherly. She is no stranger to toxic workplace scandals.
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The 40-year-old star has offered her support to her friend and co-star after the actress accused show creator Joss Whedon of creating a toxic atmosphere on set and abusing his power earlier this week.ĭushku played Faith in Buffy and the spin-off Angel, and worked with Whedon again on the sci-fi series Dollhouse, which ran from 2009 to 2010. Eliza Dushku hadn't known about Charisma Carpenter's experiences on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
