Hilarie Burton Recalls Chad Michael Murray Confronting ‘One Tree Hill’ Boss Amid Alleged Sexual Assault

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Sticking up for her. Hilarie Burton Morgan recalled how former costar Chad Michael Murray attempted to defend her amid an alleged assault during One Tree Hill season 4.The Virginia native, 40, discussed the disturbing incident on the Wednesday, March 15, episode of iHeartRadio’s “Drama Queens” podcast with cohosts Sophia Bush and Bethany Joy Lenz.

They were recapping season 4, episode 17, which took the group on location to Honey Grove, Texas. Behind the scenes, the 2007 episode of the teen drama marked a boiling point for Burton Morgan and OTH showrunner Mark Schwahn, she alleged, referring to him as her “boss” and never by name.Lenz, 41, gently asked the actress, who played Peyton Sawyer, why she didn’t report Schwahn, 56. “Oh, I did,” Burton Morgan said. “I told all sorts of people.

Honey, I told everybody.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesBush, 40, also noted that their executive producer was very public about his actions, and Burton Morgan recalled Murray, now 41, trying to defend her.“Chad walked up and goes, ‘What are you doing?’ He said that to our boss in the bar,” the White Collar alum told her cohosts. “He watched our boss grab me in front of a lot of people, and you know, Chad didn’t have anything to lose because he knew our boss hated him anyway.

A lot of people had a lot to lose, so you don’t speak up when you have a lot to lose. But [our boss] felt so comfortable that that was not something that he had a problem with. [He thought], ‘I can do whatever I want to her in public with her boyfriend standing there.'”Burton Morgan said she truly didn’t expect anyone to do anything.