David Boreanaz and Amy Acker [link]

I had read DB's tweet and felt it was a little.. generic but it's good to see that he has been supportive privately.

I've kind of been keeping track of whose said things. I'm not expecting anything from Nick Brendon but I was expecting something from Alyson Hannigan at least but it looks like she hasn't said anything.

Have Amy Acker or Eliza Dushku made a statement? I know they kept working with Joss and Mutant Enemy after Buffy/Angel ended.

chrismg, in addition to the comment from Amy Acker, to which sj linked above, Eliza Dushku responded to Charisma Carpenter on Instagram. She did it with screenshots of a statement she typed. [link]

The way it's displayed (three small photos with text), and CC's response, made me wonder if it was perhaps excerpts of a longer private message ED sent directly to CC. I've typed it out here, in case we have members who can't read ED's Insta post. Please excuse any typos.

Top photo:

CC, my heart aches for you & I'm so sorry you have held this for so long. Your post was powerful, painful, and painted a picture we'll collectively never un-see or un-know. Thank you. I hadn't known it and I won't forget it.

Middle photo:

I frequently think of the saying, "We are as sick as our secrets." Our secrets indeed make and keep us sick. What I'm learning more and more — and have personally found most valuable — that profound healing can only come from naming and disclosing what actually happened, the necessary first step (once someone's ready) to freeing ourselves from our secrets, untold truths which have kept us isolated, ashamed, and held hostage.

Neglecting to "name" the power/gender/sexual/racial abuse epidemic in the entertainment industry (and for that matter society in general), enables the abusers and only emboldens and ultimately fortifies abusive systems.

Bottom photo:

May you and countless others feel the solidarity and connection you have likely missed for too long. From courage, come change and hope. It starts and will end because of courageous truth-tellers like you. I admire, respect, and love you.

CC replied to ED [link] , saying:

I owe you an apology. I never lent my voice to you privately nor publicly when you shared your truth after suffering sexual misconduct in the workplace. As I wrote to you privately, this makes your statement of support sweeter. And as I said to J, your loving embrace empowers others to feel safe to share their stories. Thank you for being who you are. Thank you for your inspiring words of support. I will never forget how you have made me feel. 💖

I believe the "J" CC mentioned is J. August Richards.

I want to collect Michelle Trachtenberg's statements (and related ones) in one place.

Some time after Charisma Carpenter published her account on Instagram [link] and Twitter [link] Sarah Michelle Gellar made a general Instagram statement of support for abuse survivors, affirmed her pride in Buffy Summers, and disavowed Joss Whedon. [link]

Michelle Trachtenberg, replied to SMG on Instagram. SMG's Instagram post shows no replies, but the reply is accessible from MT's Instagram: [link]

Here is the text of MT's above-linked Instagram post. While not explicit, it implies something more sinister about JW than that he's a misogynist who likes to humiliate his cast and other subordinates, and fired CC in retaliation for her pregnancy -- after she gave birth.

Thank you @sarahmgellar for saying this. I am brave enough now as a 35 year old woman....To repost this. Because. This must. Be known. As a teenager. With his not appropriate behavior....very. Not. Appropriate. So now. People know. What Joss. Did.

The last. Comment I will make on this. Was. There was a rule. Saying. He's not allowed in a room alone with Michelle again.

screenshot of the above: [link]

MT added "So now. People know. What Joss. Did." and "The last. Comment I will make on this..." as the day progressed. At some point prior, MT's above post ended with [sic]: "very. Not. Appropriate." screen shot: [link]

As you'll note in that screenshot, when MT's reply to SMG still ended with, "very. Not. Appropriate." — an Instagram user named "yaronbeery" replied [link]

As I am a huge fan of the show, and yours, and Sarah, and all the gang I am really shocked and saddened to hear that yhis [sic] was going on behind the scenes of my favorite show. I hope that you are o.k. and that you weren't subjected to this abuse.

MT replied [link] :

@yaronbeery I was subjected. To a lot.

Erika Amato, of Velvet Chain (BtVS-affiliated band) replied to MT's main post: [link]

Hi, @michelletrachtenberg - You probably don't remember me. Lead singer of the band Velvet Chain... We were on the show b4 your time, but then played a bunch of BtVS wrap parties and stuff... And I seem to remember having an impromptu food court lunch with you when I ran into you at the Sherman Oaks mall... ANYWAY, my point is that I am SO SORRY to read this. I had a bad feeling when I saw how he was acting with Eliza at one of our shows (while he was still married to Kai, and she was still technically a teenager), so this has the ring of truth, at least to me. Thank you for speaking your truth. [emphasis mine -- Cindy]

NOTE: The Erika Amato Instagram account [link] I've quoted is not verified. She does not link to an Instagram account on her website [link] . That said -- looking at all the content on her main Instagram page, I am satisfied this is Erika Amato's account (e.g. [link] ). In addition, for the Bronzers among us, I'll note that Cosmic Bob [link] replied to another Instagram post of Amato's at some point. Erika was active on the Bronze and Bronze Beta websites and likely knows Cosmic Bob from the PBPs (official Posting Board Parties), at which he sometimes helped wrangle the VIPs.

CC, who uses "karazma" as the handle on her verified Instagram account replied to MT with: [link]

This is very troubling and disturbing to read. I’m so so sorry Michelle. You should have been protected!!! You have given rise to the mama bear in me.

Here to support you in anyway you need. Sending all my love.

[editorial note: CC seems to see the same dark implications many of us see in MT's post.]

MT also replied to her own post. I assume it is directed at SMG or CC, but I cannot tell. [link]

You. Are my rock!! What he did was very bad. But we win. By surviving!

Thank you for this, Cindy.

Glad to hear a few other of the dudes are speaking up now:

[link]

I wonder why neither Alyson nor Alexis has said anything.

And I know Tudyk and Fillion are, or have been, close personal friends of JW's, so I really don't expect to hear from either of them, one way or the other. Nor Minear, though I'd be interested to hear what he might have to say.

I've heard that Alyson and Alexis are godparents to one of Joss and Kai's children -- more than once over the years. [link] [link] [link]

Ah yes, that would be awkward. Understandable.

Well, we now know why Nicholas Brendon hasn't chimed in.

He's about to undergo surgery to repair his paralyzed anus and penis (which injury happened after a fall on the ice).

He's a little distracted right now and wants to be in full control of his faculties before he addresses anything.