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Afton Williamson, a former cast member on The Rookie, has responded to the findings of an independent investigation that found no wrongdoing regarding her claims of racial discrimination and sexual harassment on the set of the ABC series. “What saddens me the most is that the lengths that were taken to Deceive, Lie…

Less than six weeks after Afton Williamson revealed on social media that she left ABC's The Rookie over sexual harassment and racial discrimination incidents, producer eOne today released the results of its investigation to what happened on the LAPD drama starring Nathan Fillion. “As a result of the independent…

Afton Williamson is offering more details on her exit from ABC cop drama The Rookie. In a Monday evening Instagram post, the actress thanked her fans and friends for their support, and she reiterated her claim that she quit the series because of "sexual harassment" and "racial discrimination." In this latest post (read…

During ABC’s TCA executive session Monday, the network’s entertainment president Karey Burke was asked to comment on the bombshell claims by former The Rookie co-star Afton Williamson, who said she walked away from the show after being sexually harassed and racially discriminated against. The leading studio behind the…

More than 12 hours after former The Rookie co star Afton Williamson posted a bombshell statement on Instagram that she had walked away from the show after being sexually harassed and racially discriminated against, the studios behind the ABC cop dramedy, Entertainment One and ABC Studios, on Sunday afternoon issued…

The Rookie series regular Afton Williamson, who played John Nolan’s (Nathan Fillion) training officer Talia Bishop, will not be returning for Season 2. In an Instagram post published early Sunday, Williamson alleges that she quit the ABC series because of systematic racism/racially charged comments, bullying, and…

Eric Winter (Rosewood, Secrets & Lies) and Afton Williamson (The Night Of, The Breaks) are set to co-star opposite Nathan Fillion in the straight-to-series light crime drama The Rookie, from Mark Gordon/Entertainment One and ABC Studios. Written by former Castle executive producer/co-showrunner Alexi Hawley and…

Afton Williamson has signed to appear on NBC's Blindspot in a recurring role as a member of the FBI Counter Espionage division assisting Kurt Weller and the team. Her first episode is the Blindspot fall finale set to air Monday November 23, with a second appearance planned when the show returns in 2016. Williamson…

The Wire's Wood Harris and Tristan Mack Tristan Wilds, Afton Williamson (Banshee), David Call (Gossip Girl), and Antoine Harris (Ballers) have signed on for lead roles in VH1's original hip-hop movie The Breaks. Production begins this week for premiere in fall 2015. Based on Dan Charnas' nonfiction book The Big Payback…