However, her blue outfit had many wondering if the color was a hint at her baby's sex. The actress didn't reveal any extra details about her little one. The Wrong Turn actress' baby announcement included a collage of photos, including one image that showed her growing baby bump and another of her 16-month-old son, Philip "Bourne" Dushku Palandjin, who wore an adorable shirt that read, "Can you dig it? I'm going to be a big brother." Weatherly sexually harassed and bullied me day-in and day-out and would have gotten away with it had. Kevin Smith, who directed Eliza in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, added, "Another l'il DuckShoot! The world needs more of you, E!" Eliza Dushku Paid 9.5M by CBS After Accusing Costar Michael Weatherly of Sexual Harassment. & B~ how I love you!!"Įliza's Bring It On co-star Gabrielle Union gushed over the news and replied with several red heart emojis. Massachusetts native Eliza Dushku testified Tuesday before the House Judiciary Committee, detailing her allegations of being sexually harassed by a costar on the set of a CBS drama while speaking. "Mama x 2.," the Buffy the Vampire Slayer star began her post on Saturday, Feb. Her father is Albanian and her mother is American (of Danish, Irish, English, and German descent). The Bring It On actress took to Instagram over the weekend to share the sweet and special news that she's pregnant and expecting her second child with her husband Peter Palandjian. Eliza Dushku was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Judith (Rasmussen), a political science professor, and Philip R. #EndForcedArbitration Dushku's household is about to get bigger! WATCH: shares her personal story of the sexual harassment she faced at CBS and the secret arbitration process she was forced to enter. Eliza Dushku testified about the alleged sexual harassment she suffered on the set of Bull. 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.”ĭushku said she is hoping to help end for others the secret arbitration process she felt forced to enter involving her allegations. “The settlement of these claims reflects the projected amount that 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 a statement to CNN around the time of the agreement. Nunnelly, with the character set to join the main cast for season 2. Dushku appeared in the final three episodes of the legal dramas first season as J.P. “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.” Testifying before congress, actress Eliza Dushku described the sexual harassment she experienced on the set of the CBS series Bull. 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,” Weatherly told the New York Times in 2018. After that, she got enrolled at the Watertown High School. “During the course of taping our show, I made some jokes mocking some lines in the script. Eliza Dushku is currently 42 according to her birthdate DecemSun Sign Capricorn Born Place Watertown, Massachusetts, United States Nationality Education Eliza got her early education from Beaver Country Day School in Massachusetts. Born in Boston on December 30, 1980, she has studied the piano, drums, and several types of dance (jazz, tap, and ballet). I suffered near constant sexual harassment from my co-star.”ĭushku added that Weatherly called her “legs” and talked about his sperm. ![]() However, in my first week on my new job I found myself the brunt of crude, sexualized and lewd verbal assaults. The actress said in her testimony: “In 2017, I was aggressively pursued by CBS to become a co-lead in a show called ‘Bull.’ I was told that the role would be a six-year commitment to play a smart, strong leading lady - a competent, high-powered lawyer meant to counter balance the existing male lead, and that the role had been written specifically with me in mind. ![]() In 2018, CBS agreed to pay Dushku $9.5 million after she claimed she was written off of “Bull” in retaliation for accusations she came forward with against Michael Weatherly.īefore Congress, Dushku was able to talk outside a non-disclosure agreement. Eliza Dushku testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday about her sexual harassment accusations during her time on “Bull.”
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