Hilarie Burtonis recounting the wayChad Michael Murraystood up for her during an alleged assault byOne Tree HillcreatorMark Schwahn.
“Chad walked up and goes, ‘What are you doing?’
He said that to our boss in the bar,” Burton said.
Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton.Kevin Mazur/WireImage
But [our boss] felt so comfortable that that was not something that he had a problem with.
You know, ‘I can do whatever I want to her.
With her boyfriend standing there.'"
“He was protected as the No.
1 on the call sheet,” she said.
And I’m glad that he did.
I want everybody to follow that lead."
Earlier in their discussion, Bush reiterated the importance of looking after and protecting one another on set.
“This idea that looking at the ground is okay it’s not,” she stressed.
EW has reached out to Murray’s representatives, who did not immediately respond.
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