Three former crewmembers on the ABC medical collection “Physician Odyssey” are suing twentieth Century and its guardian firm Disney for allegedly enabling an “unchecked marketing campaign of sexual harassment for months” on the set of the collection.

Within the go well with, filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court docket, plaintiffs Caroline Mack, Alicia Haverland and Ava Steinbrenner declare that Tyler Patton, the assistant prop grasp on “Physician Odyssey,” would topic the three to “sexual jokes, innuendos, feedback, sexual gestures and pictures” in addition to “undesirable touching,” resembling “overtly grabbing a visiting feminine worker’s buttocks.”

In a single account contained within the go well with, Patton allegedly despatched prop division workers a narrative showing to reference information that President Biden had dropped out of the 2024 election. However the hyperlink redirected to an image of a unadorned male with an erect penis. Different feedback allegedly made by Patton embody calling one of many plaintiffs a “chick” and saying “come over right here and open your mouth, right here’s the worm.”

The lead prop grasp on “Physician Odyssey” was Tammie Patton, Tyler’s spouse. The go well with claims that Tammie and Disney employed Tyler with “information that prior allegations of sexual harassment had been lodged” towards him. Patton was beforehand named in a 2010 lawsuit towards Common Community Tv, which claimed superior sexual harassment and retaliation allegations on the set of “Home.” In that criticism, ex-employee Carl Jones alleged that Patton groped his genitals and made sexual propositions to feminine co-workers.

The “Physician Odyssey” go well with additionally claims that Patton’s harassment would happen “every day and incessantly within the presence of administration.” Throughout one confrontation, Patton allegedly exclaimed, “If I wasn’t fucking the boss, I’d be fired.”

Patton was terminated after plaintiffs reported his conduct to human assets, in line with the criticism. Shortly after, Tammie Patton allegedly “started to interact in retaliatory conduct,” together with threatening their employment. The whole props division was later laid off, although Disney “then virtually instantly employed an entire new set of workers,” the go well with states.

The go well with argues that “Defendants wiped the Prop Division’s slate clear to keep away from having to take care of any remaining 27 employee-relations points tied to Tyler Patton’s and Tammie Patton’s misconduct.” The plaintiffs additionally declare that they’ve been “blacklisted” by Disney “in retaliation for bringing ahead their good-faith complaints.”

Disney didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

“Physician Odyssey” has not but been renewed for a second season. It’s now the one scripted collection at ABC with an undetermined future.