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Read the article before responding.
She didn't get 9.5 million for her cast-mate making inappropriate comments. She got 9.5 million because when she went to the cast-mate and said she didn't appreciate those comments and that he has a leader on the set set a tone for the cast and crew him making those comments caused the crew to do the same. He then complained the show-runners about her and they wrote her off the show in retaliation.
She got 9.5 million for getting fired because she told her coworker to knock off the creepy behavior. They calculated that as her lost wages had her options been picked up. An independent investigation found the behavior pervasive and the studios legal counsel inept in his handling of the situation. The guy tried to use outtakes against Dushku because he thought it showed her behaving inappropriately because she cursed between takes. Too bad the outtakes also showed the actual harrassment she complained about too.
Had she not been fired for confronting her co-star she wouldn't have gotten this money. So what she forced them to fire her or something?
Mind you. This is accepting everything she says at face value. Not maybe they had other reasons for getting rid of her and she didn't get along with the rest of the cast or the crew. CBS has a ton of cash, settling a lawsuit in this case doesn't mean it wasn't frivolous, just that they thought paying her off was a better move than making it into a huge public deal.
Again. She's never complained about Whedon, but she's suddenly told stories about being sexually harassed in the past now that she's getting older and having a tougher time finding roles.