DNYUZ
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Television
    • Theater
    • Gaming
    • Sports
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel
No Result
View All Result
DNYUZ
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Ex-‘Doctor Odyssey’ Crew Members Sue Disney, 20th TV Claiming Sexual Harassment And Wrongful Termination

May 30, 2025
in News
Ex-‘Doctor Odyssey’ Crew Members Sue Disney, 20th TV Claiming Sexual Harassment And Wrongful Termination
494
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Three former members of the props department on ABC‘s medical drama Doctor Odyssey filed a lawsuit Friday against the network’s parent company Disney and producer 20th Television, alleging they were subject to sexual harassment on the set of the series and eventually retaliated against and terminated when they complained about it.

The suit, filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, says the plaintiffs — Caroline Mack, Alicia Haverland and Ava Steinbrenner — were hired in late spring/early summer 2024 to work in the new series’ props department. The defendants then hired Tammie Patton as Prop Master and her husband Tyler Patton as Assistant Prop Master who supervised and directed the plaintiffs in their work.

The suit claims the props department “was an unlawful den of sexual harassment and retaliation,” and that the plaintiffs were subject to “an an unchecked campaign of sexual harassment for months” by “Taylor Patton and his male buddies.”

Reps for Disney and 20th TV declined comment.

The behavior cited in the lawsuit (read it here) allegedly included “sexual jokes, innuendos, comments, sexual gestures and images, and unwanted touching including, but not limited to: (i) regularly giving Plaintiffs unwanted, lingering hugs; (ii) touching one of the Plaintiff’s thighs; (iii) frequently placing his hands on one of the Plaintiff’s lower back; (iv) placing his arms around Plaintiffs’ necks and forcing them to “walk with him;” and (v) openly grabbing a visiting female employee’s buttocks on set.”

The suit said the plaintiffs eventually went to senior production members to report the misconduct including Tammie Patton, and say they were retaliated against by being forced to do demeaning tasks, and having their jobs threatened.

“Even though Defendants’ Human Resources Department and Senior Management assigned to Dr. Odyssey were fully aware of Tyler Patton’s inappropriate behavior and the retaliation his wife/Plaintiffs’ boss Tammie Patton engaged in, they took no action to prevent it,” says the suit. “In fact, Defendants’ human resources was asleep at the wheel and permitted the frustrated managers/producers on set to handle these conflicts on their own. This led to Plaintiffs suffering additional mistreatment, retaliation, and emotional distress.”

In the end, the plaintiffs say that rather than taking action against the alleged harassers, the defendants informed the entire props department in August that it was being terminated. That became effective at the end of September.

“Defendants took the ‘easy’ way out choosing to eliminate not only the wrongdoers — Prop Master Tammie Patton and Assistant Prop Master Tyler Patton — but all of the remaining employees in the Props Department who had been subject to the wrongdoers’ misconduct,” the suit says.

As a result, the plaintiffs are claiming wrongful termination in addition to claims of sexual harassment, failure to prevent harassment and retaliation.

The suit also cites negligent hiring on the part of Disney, Fox and co-defendant Entertainment Partners, saying the defendants knew Tyler Patton had been subject to similar accusations and lawsuit on the set of the mid-2000s Fox medical drama series House. “Notably, there was some overlap between employees on Dr. Odyssey and employees on the set of House,” the suit says.

The plaintiffs are seeking a jury trial.

Doctor Odyssey, from Ryan Murphy and starring Joshua Jackson and Don Johnson, debuted its first season in September and is on the bubble for a Season 2 pickup. It was not on ABC’s fall 2025 schedule when that was announced earlier this month at the broadcast upfronts.

The post Ex-‘Doctor Odyssey’ Crew Members Sue Disney, 20th TV Claiming Sexual Harassment And Wrongful Termination appeared first on Deadline.

Tags: ABCDisneyDoctor OdysseyFox
Share198Tweet124Share
iOS 26 is almost here, and this brilliant iOS 18 feature is still not available in Europe
Apps

iOS 26 is almost here, and this brilliant iOS 18 feature is still not available in Europe

by BGR
June 3, 2025

Apple’s WWDC 2025 event opens next Tuesday, and iOS 26 (the replacement of iOS 19) will be the star of ...

Read more
News

Ollie Madden Exiting Film4/Channel 4 To Join Netflix As Director Of UK Film; Farhana Bhula & Gwawr Lloyd Upped At UK Broadcaster

June 3, 2025
News

AI Models Are Cannibalizing Each Other—and It Might Destroy Them

June 3, 2025
Books

The Novelist Who Learned to Write Anger—And Its Aftermath

June 3, 2025
News

Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza after explosive device hits their vehicle

June 3, 2025
Pet zebra escapes and brings Tennessee interstate to a standstill

Pet zebra escapes and brings Tennessee interstate to a standstill

June 3, 2025
Ukraine Says It Strikes Crimea Bridge

Ukraine Says It Struck Crimea Bridge

June 3, 2025
Breitbart Business Digest: Trump Delivers Tariff Therapy for Europe, Threatens Harvard’s Foreign Cash Cows

Trump Calls Out European Free-Riding on Drugs; Europe Will Pay Their Fair Share

June 3, 2025

Copyright © 2025.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Sports
    • Television
    • Theater
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel

Copyright © 2025.