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Sophia Bush praised her ex, Chad Michael Murray, after listening to that he defended Hilarie Burton amid an alleged assault throughout season 4 of One Tree Hill. Hilarie, 40, revealed the data through the March 15 episode of iHeartRadio’s Drama Queens podcast with cohosts Sophia Bush, 40, and Bethany Pleasure Lenz, as the women have been recapping season 4, episode 17.
It was through the filming of that episode in Honey Grove, Texas that Hilarie alleged One Tree Hill showrunner Mark Schwahn, who she solely refers to as her “boss”, assaulted her. “Chad walked up and goes, ‘What are you doing?’ He mentioned that to our boss within the bar,” Hilarie revealed. “He watched our boss seize me in entrance of lots of people, and you understand, Chad didn’t have something to lose as a result of he knew our boss hated him anyway. Lots of people had so much to lose, so that you don’t converse up when you could have so much to lose. However [our boss] felt so snug that that was not one thing that he had an issue with. [He thought], ‘I can do no matter I need to her in public along with her boyfriend standing there.'”
Hilarie went on to say that she didn’t anticipate anybody to assist her as a result of crew members had households who have been counting on their salaries, and lots of people couldn’t afford to place their jobs on the road by defending her. “Thank God, Hilarie, that you simply had that second with Chad, who was already so at odds with our boss,” Sophia mentioned.
Sophia went on to say that Chad, who she was married to from 2005 to 2006, was in a uncommon place the place he couldn’t simply be fired. “He was protected because the No. 1 on the decision sheet. He had probably the most energy, so he might come up and shove our boss off you and get in a combat. And I’m glad that he did. I need everyone to comply with that lead,” she mentioned.
Sophia and Hilarie additional revealed that main as much as that episode, Danneel Ackles‘ (née Harris) character Rachel was written out of the present for rejecting their boss’ advances. After which earlier than filming on that episode began, Hilarie was pressured to be alone with Mark Schwahn on a visit to Honey Grove, Texas. They flew to the small city to shock the native highschool by telling the scholars an episode of the present can be filmed there.
“He determined that it was going to be simply me and him. Simply me and him needed to fly to Honey Grove. … The flight again from that's when he assaulted me. He assaulted me once more within the automobile on the drive from Raleigh to Wilmington, [North Carolina],” Hilarie alleged. “He went straight to set, and he instructed Danneel that he and I made out the entire time. And it was enjoyable, and he was attempting to make her jealous. So, she confronted me about it and was like, ‘What are you doing?’ And I’m like, ‘What are you speaking about?’ And so, then we needed to go on this journey with him. And this was actually, like, the final three months the place my blood was boiling, and I didn’t know the way to course of it anymore and you'll see it within the episode.”
Hilarie ultimately left One Tree Hill after season 6, when her preliminary six-season contract got here to an finish, whereas Bethany and Sophia remained on the present till it ended with season 9. The forged first accused Mark of assault and harassment in a November 2017 Selection report. Afterwards, 25 forged and crew members of The Royals, one other collection which Mark had created, shared related allegations. He was subsequently fired from the E! drama and has by no means publicly addressed the allegations.
In case you or somebody you understand have been sexually assaulted, contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-HOPE (4673).
