{"id":126128,"date":"2021-02-12T18:53:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T23:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=126128"},"modified":"2021-02-12T19:27:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T00:27:36","slug":"buffy-actress-michelle-trachtenberg-there-was-a-rule-joss-whedon-couldnt-be-alone-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buffy-actress-michelle-trachtenberg-there-was-a-rule-joss-whedon-couldnt-be-alone-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Buffy\u2019 Actress Michelle Trachtenberg: \u2018There Was A Rule\u2019 Joss Whedon Couldn\u2019t Be Alone With Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbuffy-actress-michelle-trachtenberg-there-was-a-rule-joss-whedon-couldnt-be-alone-with-me%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=126128&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Trachtenberg.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Though actress Michelle Trachtenberg has not directly accused director Joss Whedon of misconduct, she has strongly implied that misconduct took place on the set of \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d in support of actress Charisma Carpenter, who accused the director of misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Trachtenberg, who played Dawn Summers on the hit show, shared a post from actress Sarah Michelle Gellar expressing support for Charisma Carpenter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I am proud to have my name associated with Buffy Summers, I don\u2019t want to be forever associated with the name Joss Whedon,\u201d Gellar wrote on Instagram. \u201cI am more focused on raising my family and surviving a pandemic currently, so I will not be making any further statements at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I stand with all survivors of abuse,\u201d she added,&nbsp;\u201cAnd am proud of them for speaking out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Trachtenberg backed the abuse allegations, saying that a rule was enacted for her to never be alone with Joss Whedon again after an unnamed incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you [Sarah Michelle Gellar] for saying this. I am brave enough now as a 35 year old woman\u2026.To repost this. Because. This must. Be known. As a teenager. With his not appropriate behavior\u2026.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\u2019s not allowed in a room alone with Michelle again,\u201d the actress said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CLH9ce-ByTV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Actress Eliza Dushku, herself a survivor of sexual abuse and who played Faith on the hit show, also came out in support of Charisma Carpenter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCC, my heart aches for you &amp; I\u2019m so sorry you have held this for so long,\u201d Dushku wrote on Instagram. \u201cYour post was powerful, painful, and painted a picture we\u2019ll collectively never un-see or un-know. Thank you. I hadn\u2019t known it and I won\u2019t forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">\u201cMay 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,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy post on social media earlier this week, Charisma Carpenter, who played Cordelia on \u201cBuffy\u201d and the spinoff show \u201cAngel,\u201d said that she decided to come forward with her story after actor Ray Fisher publicly accused Joss Whedon of misconduct during reshoots of \u201cJustice League.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor nearly two decades, I have held my tongue and even made excuses for certain events that traumatize me to this day,\u201d she began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoss Whedon abused his power on numerous occasions while working together on the sets of \u2018Buffy the Vampire Slayer\u2019 and \u2018Angel,\u2019\u201d she wrote. \u201cThe disturbing incidents triggered a chronic physical condition from which I still suffer. It is with a beating, heavy heart that I say I coped in isolation and, at times, destructively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/angel-buffy-actress-charisma-carpenter-accuses-joss-whedon-of-misconduct\">\u2018Angel,\u2019 \u2018Buffy\u2019 Actress Charisma Carpenter Accuses Joss Whedon Of&nbsp;Misconduct<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though actress Michelle Trachtenberg has not directly accused director Joss Whedon of misconduct, she has strongly implied that misconduct took place on the set of \u201cBuffy the Vampire Slayer\u201d in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893345,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5880,6257,6608,6610,6609,6258],"class_list":["post-126128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-actress","tag-joss","tag-michelle","tag-rule","tag-trachtenberg","tag-whedon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}