The streaming giant reveals in a statement that after looking 'into the concern that was raised when we heard of the allegation,' the network 'found no wrongdoing.'
- Mar 12, 2018
AceShowbiz - "Stranger Things" creators Matt and Ross Duffer have issued an apology letter following verbal abuse allegations leveled against them. A production team member previously accused the masterminds behind the Netflix hit series of verbally abusing "multiple women" on the set.
"We are deeply upset to learn that someone felt uncomfortable on our set. Due to the high-stress nature of production, tempers occasionally get frayed, and for that, we apologize," the Duffer bros said in a joint statement. "However, we think it is important not to mischaracterize our set, where we believe strongly in treating everyone fairly regardless of gender, orientation, race, religion, or anything else. We remain totally committed to providing a safe and collaborative working environment for everyone on our productions."
Peyton Brown, a grip handler of "Stranger Things", took to Instagram to detail the alleged verbal abuse done by Matt and Ross. "I personally witnessed two men in high positions of power on that set seek out and verbally abuse multiple women," Peyton wrote in the post which was to honor National Women's Day.
"I promised myself that if I were ever in a situation to say something that I would. I have 11.5 thousand followers who can hear me say this, TIME IS UP. Women in the film industry are POWERFUL. We will rise and we will scream from mountain tops in support of each other and I will not contribute my time, efforts, and talent to such abusive people. There is too much going on in this world to be regressive. There are too many amazing and highly respected men in respective positions of power that I have had the utmost pleasure of working beside," she continued.
While she didn't name names in the post, Peyton answered, "yes," when a user asked whether she referred to Matt and Ross by "two men in high positions of power." She allegedly added, "There was yelling, there were insults, there were threats and people were even fired or forced to quit because of them."
Netflix later responded to the allegations after conducting an investigation into the matter. "We looked into the concern that was raised when we heard of the allegation on Thursday, and found no wrongdoing," a representative for the streaming giant said in a statement. "Maintaining a safe, respectful atmosphere on set is important to us, and we know it is to the Duffer Brothers as well."
