Hilarie Burton says Chad Michael Murray called out One Tree Hill creator over alleged sexual harassment

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hilarie Burton said her One Tree Hill co-star Chad Michael Murray was one of the few who stood up for her against the show’s creator Mark Schwahn. During the most recent episode of the Drama Queens podcast hosted by Burton’s One Tree Hill co-stars Bethany Joy Lenz and Sophia Bush, the actor was asked about her decision not to report Schwahn at the time. But felt so comfortable that that was not something that he had a problem with., ‘I can do whatever I want to her in public with her boyfriend standing there.’” Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton in 2008 Bush – who was married to Murray from 2005 to 2006 – said she believed Murray was “protected” against Schwahn as he was “No 1 on the call sheet”. The guilt that comes with that is really difficult.” In the 2017 letter accusing Schwahn, the female cast and crew members wrote: “Mark Schwahn’s behaviour over the duration of the filming of One Tree Hill was something of an ‘open secret.’ “Many of us were, to varying degrees, manipulated psychologically and emotionally.