{"id":856702,"date":"2025-06-19T19:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T00:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/ex-doctor-odyssey-crew-members-sue-disney-20th-tv-claiming-sexual-harassment-and-wrongful-termination\/"},"modified":"2025-06-19T19:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T00:13:08","slug":"ex-doctor-odyssey-crew-members-sue-disney-20th-tv-claiming-sexual-harassment-and-wrongful-termination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/19\/ex-doctor-odyssey-crew-members-sue-disney-20th-tv-claiming-sexual-harassment-and-wrongful-termination\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-\u2018Doctor Odyssey\u2019 Crew Members Sue Disney, 20th TV Claiming Sexual Harassment And Wrongful Termination"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tThree former members of the props department on ABC<\/a>\u2018s medical drama Doctor Odyssey<\/a><\/em> filed a lawsuit Friday against the network\u2019s parent company Disney<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe suit, filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, says the plaintiffs \u2014 Caroline Mack, Alicia Haverland and Ava Steinbrenner \u2014 were hired in late spring\/early summer 2024 to work in the new series\u2019 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.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe suit claims the props department \u201cwas an unlawful den of sexual harassment and retaliation,\u201d and that the plaintiffs were subject to \u201can an unchecked campaign of sexual harassment for months\u201d by \u201cTaylor Patton and his male buddies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tReps for Disney and 20th TV declined comment. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe behavior cited in the lawsuit (read it here<\/a>) allegedly included \u201csexual 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\u2019s thighs; (iii) frequently placing his hands on one of the Plaintiff\u2019s lower back; (iv) placing his arms around Plaintiffs\u2019 necks and forcing them to \u201cwalk with him;\u201d and (v) openly grabbing a visiting female employee\u2019s buttocks on set.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 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.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEven though Defendants\u2019 Human Resources Department and Senior Management assigned to Dr. Odyssey were fully aware of Tyler Patton\u2019s inappropriate behavior and the retaliation his wife\/Plaintiffs\u2019 boss Tammie Patton engaged in, they took no action to prevent it,\u201d says the suit. \u201cIn fact, Defendants\u2019 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<\/span> additional mistreatment, retaliation, and emotional distress.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 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.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cDefendants took the \u2018easy\u2019 way out choosing to eliminate not only the wrongdoers \u2014 Prop Master Tammie Patton and Assistant Prop Master Tyler Patton \u2014 but all of the remaining employees in the Props Department who had been subject to the wrongdoers\u2019 misconduct,\u201d the suit says.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs a result, the plaintiffs are claiming wrongful termination in addition to claims of sexual harassment, failure to prevent harassment and retaliation.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe suit also cites negligent hiring on the part of Disney, Fox<\/a> 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<\/em>. \u201cNotably, there was some overlap between employees on Dr. Odyssey and employees on the set of House,\u201d the suit says.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe plaintiffs are seeking a jury trial.<\/p>\n

\n\tDoctor Odyssey<\/em>, 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\u2019s fall 2025 schedule when that was announced earlier this month at the broadcast upfronts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Patrick Hipes
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