‘Law & Order: SVU’ Showrunner David Graziano Accused Of Sexual Harassment & ‘Toxic’ Behavior

More than 12 people have now accused Law & Order: SVU showrunner David Graziano of bullying, sexual harassment and workplace misconduct.

“[He] is s a very unprofessional, ego-centric, and immature man,” script coordinator Haley Cameron wrote on an industry listserv. “I have been in this industry a long time, and I have never experienced such pure, white-male misogyny.”

Cameron left SVU soon after Graziano took leadership. “I urge you — especially women — to think twice before putting yourself in a position that could end as badly as mine did,” she advised industry folks.

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A script coordinator for the dramatic series Coyote, Amy Hartman, reportedly added her own Graziano complaint on the same platform. “Graz is super toxic and I’ve never run from a job so fast in my life as I did when I SC’ed for him. Stay away,” she warned.

Fellow Coyote script coordinator David James had a similar reaction to Graziano working again. “I thought after this show, no one would give [Graziano] another show to run,” he told the Los Angeles Times. James also emphasized that working with Graziano was “the worst job [he’s] had in Hollywood.”

Alafair Hall, a spokesperson for Graziano, denied all the accusations in a December 8 statement. “The implication that Mr. Graziano created a hostile work environment, is sexist, inappropriate, and unprofessional is false,” Hall claimed.

Hall added, “Any statement related to race, ethnicity, or gender by Mr. Graziano was made in the context of creating the storyline, characters and dialogue.”

Graziano said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly, “Though it would be easy and convenient, I refuse to blame some past behavior on the abuse I suffered and learned as a child at the hands of a Catholic priest as well as my own mother.

He continued, “For anyone who has worked as a showrunner or in a writers’ room, you must draw on and use your own experience. Particularly for a show like Law & Order: SUV, I regrettably have a lot to draw from and with it brings a great deal of emotion. All any of us can do is evolve and grow. Real change is hard, and I continue to work on myself.”