"Bull" showrunner Glenn Gordon Caron and actor Freddy Rodriguez have been axed from the drama series.
The sixth season will go ahead without them following an internal investigation into workplace culture launched by CBS, according to Entertainment Weekly. The network did not provide any details as to what the investigation found, according to the outlet, People magazine reported.
Writers Kathryn Price and Nichole Millard will take over running "Bull."
Inquiries into the show's workplace culture began after actress Eliza Dushku, who starred in the first season, wrote an expose in a December 2018 piece in the Boston Globe. She accused "Bull" star Michael Weatherly of "cruel," "aggressive" harassment.
"For weeks, Weatherly was recorded making sexual comments, and was recorded mimicking penis jousting with a male co-star — this directly on the heels of the 'threesome' proposal — and another time referring to me repeatedly as 'legs.'" Dushku wrote. "He regularly commented on my "ravishing" beauty, following up with audible groans, oohing and aahing. As the tapes show, he liked to boast about his sperm and vasectomy reversals ('I want you to know, Eliza, I have powerful swimmers')."
Dushku alleged that Weatherly "had a habit of exaggerated eye-balling and leering at me," recalling an incident in which he "leaned into my body and inhaled, smelling me in a dramatic swoon." After flubbing a line, Dushku said he shouted, "I will take you over my knee and spank you like a little girl."
After a series of incidents, the actress confronted Weatherly about the harassment. He responded by saying she did not "get his attempt at humor."
"That’s how a perpetrator rationalizes when he is caught," Dushku wrote.
"For the record, I grew up in Boston with three older brothers and have generally been considered a tomboy. I made a name for myself playing a badass vampire slayer turned tough LA cheerleader; I have worked with numerous leading men, including Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, even CBS’s own David Boreanaz. I can handle a locker room," she continued.
Dushku was written off the show after reporting the behavior, reportedly receiving a $9.5 million severance.
"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 a statement to the Daily News at the time. "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."
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