{"id":523867,"date":"2022-12-09T01:16:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/svu-showrunner-accused-of-bullying-sex-harassment\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T01:16:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T22:16:30","slug":"svu-showrunner-accused-of-bullying-sex-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/svu-showrunner-accused-of-bullying-sex-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"#SVU&#8217; showrunner accused of bullying, sex harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2325fde21c6\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2325fde21c6\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/svu-showrunner-accused-of-bullying-sex-harassment\/#%E2%80%9CSVU_showrunner_accused_of_bullying_sex_harassment%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;SVU&#8217; showrunner accused of bullying, sex harassment&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CSVU_showrunner_accused_of_bullying_sex_harassment%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;SVU&#8217; showrunner accused of bullying, sex harassment&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>For 24 seasons, \u201cLaw &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit\u201d has been drawing in viewers with case after disturbing case.<\/p>\n<p>But the on-screen drama is nothing compared with what\u2019s allegedly been going on behind the scenes at the NBC juggernaut \u2014 the longest-running prime-time live-action <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> in history.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2022-12-08\/law-order-svu-showrunner-faces-complaints\">a Los Angeles Times report<\/a>, David Graziano, who stepped in as \u201cSVU\u201d showrunner in June, has been accused of mistreating <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> coordinator Haley Cameron, leading her to quit the series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid Graziano is a very unprofessional, ego-centric, and immature man. I have been in this industry a long time, and I have never experienced such pure, white-male misogyny,\u201d said Cameron, in a post on a listserv circulated among script coordinators.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/laworder-70.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A still from &quot;Law &amp; Order: SVU&quot; featuring star Mariska Hargitay.\" class=\"wp-image-24946230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/laworder-70.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/laworder-70.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/laworder-70.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The long-running \u201cLaw &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit,\u201d starring Mariska Hargitay, is having its own behind-the-scenes drama.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Describing the production under Graziano, also known as \u201cGraz,\u201d as \u201can absolute unorganized nightmare,\u201d she added, \u201cI urge you \u2014 especially women \u2014 to think twice before putting yourself in a position that could end as badly as mine did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Graziano\u2019s spokesperson, Alafair Hall, denied Cameron\u2019s claims in a statement to the Times. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe implication that Mr. Graziano created a hostile work environment, or is sexist, inappropriate and unprofessional is false,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t first time the showrunner been accused of bad workplace behavior, ranging from alleged bullying to sexual harassment. A trail of complaints follows Graziano almost as far back as his r\u00e9sum\u00e9, including previous workplaces such as USA Network\u2019s \u201cIn Plain Sight,\u201d Fox\u2019s \u201cLie to Me\u201d and CBS All Access\u2019 \u201cCoyote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGraz is super toxic and I\u2019ve never run from a job so fast in my life as I did when I [worked] for him. Stay away,\u201d wrote Amy Hartman, script coordinator under Graziano on \u201cCoyote,\u201d on the same thread as Cameron\u2019s post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/david-graziano-73.jpg?w=819\" alt=\"David Graziano\" class=\"wp-image-24946346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/david-graziano-73.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1638 1638w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/david-graziano-73.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1228 1228w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/david-graziano-73.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=819 819w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/david-graziano-73.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=409 409w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/david-graziano-73.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cLaw &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit\u201d showrunner David Graziano has been accused of everything from bullying to sexual harassment.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/David Graziano<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEvery day I was in fight or flight,\u201d Hartman told the Times. \u201cI was completely floored that he was working again and working on [\u2018SVU\u2019].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Graziano admitted in a statement that he was a \u201cdifficult person to work with\u201d on \u201cCoyote,\u201d he denied making inappropriate comments about women or people of color.<\/p>\n<p>While working on \u201cLie to Me,\u201d Graziano allegedly became enraged with a junior writer over a casting decision, according to two individuals who were present at the time and a third show staffer who heard about it the next day. \u201cHe fired him on the spot, telling him to \u2018pack his things and get the f\u2013k out,\u2019 \u201d recalled one of them.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/in-plain-sight-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A still from &quot;In Plain Sight.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-24946387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/in-plain-sight-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/in-plain-sight-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/in-plain-sight-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Staffers on \u201cIn Plain Sight\u201d have accused Graziano of inappropriate workplace behavior.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9USA Networks\/Courtesy Everett<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hall, though, disputed the account, saying that Graziano \u201ctold the insubordinate staff writer in a firm voice to leave the room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a male writer on \u201cLie to Me\u201d said Graziano \u201cwould talk in the writers\u2019 room about how he might hit on women and how he would do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A former assistant who worked under Graziano on \u201cIn Plain Sight\u201d \u2014 who asked not to be identified \u2014 said that Graziano \u201ctalked about women\u2019s bodies and the things he\u2019d want to do with them\u201d and joked about \u201cwanting to hook up with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the former assistant was also working as a full-time nanny to Graziano\u2019s twins, she claimed that he threw a pair of jeans at her and demanded that she buy him five more pairs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/lie-to-me-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A still from &quot;Lie to Me.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-24946452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/lie-to-me-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/lie-to-me-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/lie-to-me-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>\u201cLie to Me\u201d is among the TV shows that has seen accusations of inappropriate behavior from Graziano.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a920thCentFox\/Courtesy Everett C<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMr. Graziano has never thrown an object at an employee,\u201d said Hall in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>But it isn\u2019t just women who have accused Graziano of creating toxic work environments.<\/p>\n<p>David James, who worked as a script coordinator on \u201cCoyote,\u201d described it as \u201ceasily the worst job I\u2019ve had in Hollywood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople constantly needed a moment,\u201d James recalled. \u201cThere was so much crying in that office; it was daily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paloma Lamb, who was a writers\u2019 production assistant on \u201cCoyote,\u201d said that Graziano would even lash out about his lunch orders being wrong. \u201cIf his tortilla chips were wrong he\u2019d be pissed,\u201d she said. Plus, Lamb added, \u201cHe always commented on women\u2019s appearances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Describing the \u201cCoyote\u201d culture under Graziano as \u201ca very masculine work area,\u201d one writer said that \u201che took more liberty shutting down ideas with female writers than male writers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/laworder-85.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Peter Scanavino, Kelli Giddish and Mariska Hargitay in a scene from &quot;Law &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-24946519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/laworder-85.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/laworder-85.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/laworder-85.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Peter Scanavino, Kelli Giddish and Mariska Hargitay in a scene from \u201cLaw &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Michael Parmelee\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But Hall said that \u201cMr. Graziano adamantly denies discriminating against, mistreating, or being dismissive of female writers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Jessica Butler, a former TV writer who worked with Graziano on \u201cIn Plain Sight,\u201d told the Times that \u201cI did not have a negative experience with him.\u201d Still, she added, \u201cI don\u2019t want to say anything that discounts the experience of other women.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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But the on-screen drama is nothing compared with what\u2019s allegedly been going on behind the scenes at the NBC juggernaut \u2014 the longest-running prime-time live-action series in history. 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