Chad Michael Murray stood up for Hilarie Burton after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by their boss.
How Chad Michael Murray stood up for One Tree Hill co-star Hilarie Burton
The 41-year-old actor starred alongside Hilarie, 40, on ‘One Tree Hill’ and she recalled a time when an executive on the show “grabbed her” in front of others, which caused him to step in and take charge of the situation.
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Speaking on the ‘Drama Queens’ podcast, she told Sophia Bush and Bethany Joy Lenz: “Chad walked up and goes, ‘What are you doing?’ He said that to our boss in the bar. He watched our boss grab me in front of a lot of people, and you know, Chad didn’t have anything to lose because he knew our boss hated him anyway.
“A lot of people had a lot to lose, so you don’t speak up when you have a lot to lose. But [our boss] felt so comfortable that that was not something that he had a problem with. [He thought], ‘I can do whatever I want to her in public with her boyfriend standing there.”
Meanwhile, Sophia – who was married to the ‘A Cinderella Story’ actor from 2005 until 2006 – noted that her ex-husband was “protected” at the show because he was first on the call-sheet and therefore seen as a priority as she expressed sympathy for those working on a set who are worried about the business when trying to speak out.
She said: “I have sympathy for the reality that people are scared they’re going to put a hole in the ship and then the ship is going to sink, but get over it and protect your people. Because this idea that looking at the ground is OK — it’s not. And thank God, Hilarie, that you had that moment with Chad, who was already so at odds with our boss.”
Post source: Female First
