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Sophia Bush describes ‘ongoing trauma’ and ‘every kind’ of abuse she suffered while working on dream show

June 5, 2025
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Sophia Bush describes ‘ongoing trauma’ and ‘every kind’ of abuse she suffered while working on dream show
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Sophia Bush allegedly suffered “every kind” of abuse from an older man while working on her dream show.

“I had a workplace ongoing trauma revolving around an unending situation with someone old enough to be my father,” Bush said in Tuesday’s episode of the “Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky” podcast.

The actress said the show was on her “bucket list,” and while she didn’t name the title, Bush confirmed that it was a series she signed onto after starring in “One Tree Hill” from 2003 to 2012.

Sophia Bush on Tuesday's episode of the “Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky” podcast.
Sophia Bush recalled the trauma she suffered after experiencing “all kinds of abuse” on set of her dream TV show. Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky/YouTube
Sophia Bush on Tuesday's episode of the “Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky” podcast.
Bush discussed her experience on Tuesday’s episode of the “Reclaiming With Monica Lewinsky” podcast. Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky/YouTube
Bush starred in “Chicago P.D.” from 2014 to 2017. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

Bush, 42, notably portrayed Erin Lindsay in “Chicago P.D.” from 2014 to 2017 — leaving after Season 4 due to its alleged toxic work environment.

When Lewinsky asked Bush, who has previously discussed being “miserable” on the set, if she experienced something “emotionally abusive” on set, Bush described it as “every kind of abusive.”

“I did the thing I learned to do and said, ‘I will not have my integrity diminished by someone else’s behavior. I will be unflappable. I will come to work and do my job.’ And I couldn’t,” she said.

“I had a workplace ongoing trauma revolving around an unending situation with someone old enough to be my father,” Bush (seen here in the police drama) said. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
The actress described her experience as “every kind of abusive.” NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

Bush described the last two years on the show as a “physical hell” before she ended her run on the police drama.

She allegedly suffered horrific symptoms from the stress of the situation, getting a “spontaneous illness,” waking up “covered in hives,” having “really crazy weight fluctuation” and even losing her hair.

Additionally, Bush couldn’t sleep due to her “crippling anxiety.”

“To be hit with anxiety in such a way that I could barely be out of the house. If people touched me in public, I would jump out of my skin,” Bush recalled. “I couldn’t talk to people anymore. I couldn’t talk to strangers anymore. I couldn’t be looked at anymore.”

Bush said her last two years on the show were “physical hell” NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Bush would get hives, fluctuate in weight and lose her hair due to the trauma. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

Bush, comparing the trauma to a “physical attack,” said she could no longer self-regulate and felt that her body was not her own.

“Because I had to go to work ready for war all the time, I had to learn where to stand to not get elbowed in the ribs or how to block a scene to not be touched. It was just exhausting,” she claimed.

Bush said she was “finally” able to exit the show in April 2017 – just three months before the #MeToo movement rocked Hollywood.

Bush also experienced insomnia and “crippling anxiety.” NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Bush exited the show in 2017. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images

“By October [2017], I got a call from an executive apologizing for what they’d done and not done,” she claimed. “And [they] said, ‘We’re very aware we just made it out of that unscathed.’”

Bush continued, “I was like, ‘Glad you did, I’m in so much therapy. I’ve been diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder, but I’m thrilled you guys didn’t get dragged through the press.’”

The “Good Sam” star admitted that it was a “weird thing to deal with.”

Sophia Bush in March.
“By October [2017], I got a call from an executive apologizing for what they’d done and not done. And [they] said, ‘We’re very aware we just made it out of that unscathed,’” Bush (seen here in March) said. Getty Images
Sophia Bush in March.
The “One Tree Hill” alum (seen here in March) said she was diagnosed with PTSD. Getty Images for IMDb

While Bush initially left the show without giving a reason, she later admitted to “drowning” on set of the NBC show in a December 2017 interview.

The following year she shared on “The Armchair Expert” podcast that she “felt so ignored” during her stint on the series.

“I feel like I was standing butt naked, bruised and bleeding in the middle of Times Square, screaming at the top of my lungs and not a single person stopped to ask if they could help me,” she said at the time.

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