I don't care for the show Criminal Minds. To me, it's just another generic crime drama with a group of eccentric intelligent people. That being said, I've heard of some issues that strifed on the set. Firings, particularly. And this has grown now into a lawsuit from California themselves in regards to Gregory St. Johns, who was a director of photography for it. California Department of Fair Employment is going after some producers, Disney, and CBS.
St. Johns, from what I gathered from articles, worked on the show for a very long time until being fired a couple years ago. What he would do is no doubt sexual harassment. And not going after women, mind you. Allegedly, he touched men inappropriately and a few other disgusting things. That alone should be enough to be considered very toxic. But how does this escalate into him staying for well over a decade? I'm assuming workplace harassment has become a bigger hot button topic throughout the world. Hollywood being a cesspool of liars and actual harassers.
With this a CBS thing, this network does not escape this sort of stuff or any real controversy. Les Moonves getting ousted in 2018. Charlie Rose and his issues. The difficulties of Mark Harmon on NCIS and other cast members not being comfortable around him. Criminal Minds was one of their biggest shows during its 15 years. Maybe people are opening up about what went down after its final episode aired in February. Having St. Johns on for that long. No one saying a damn thing if they wanted to keep their jobs. Until we hear more, this hurts the show tremendously from a post airing standpoint. If I'm Ion Television, I'd be removing it from its schedule and not airing it after a few years.
I hope this isn't a case of batting a blind eye because its men. If it is, then it shows the double standard of Hollywood. Unless you're someone like Terry Crews, how many will go out of their way to speak up about being harassed? Both sides can be victims. And if the alleged is true, a lot of people, mainly the producers, will probably not work in the industry again. Simply horrible. They could have done something, but didn't, and it made a show for actors to work on stressful.
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