This isn’t the first time allegations of harassment have been levied against men on the Y&R set. Several years back, there were rumors that Michael Muhney (ex-Adam) harassed a young actress, leading to his firing.
Muhney has vehemently denied the allegations and no lawsuit was ever filed. However, Highlight Hollywood’s CBS source claims the following:
“This young lady was talked out of filing a lawsuit and they just covered it up as if it didn’t happen.
“What is very sad is that there are still men on the show doing this and getting away with it, because it is also happening at the top, so why wouldn’t anyone feel it’s perfectly acceptable to mistreat women.”
When news of Harvey Weinstein’s years of alleged sexual assault and harassment broke last fall, several soap actresses tweeted about how common this is in Hollywood — and even on soap sets but nobody named names.
General Hospital recently did its own #MeToo story in which med student Kiki Jerome (Hayley Erin) was harassed by her mentor, Dr. David Bensch (James DePaiva). Kiki took Bensch to court and won her case, prompting Bensch’s firing from GH.
This is a developing story, so be sure to check with Soap Hub for more information, including if and when any lawsuits are filed.
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