In January, roughly 100 “Criminal Minds” crew members received an anonymous email claiming that “the producers of the show” had been contacted a month earlier by staffers complaining of Greg St. Johns’ alleged abusive behavior https://t.co/vgIyaIl6i8pic.twitter.com/Ie0AIGF0i8
— Variety (@Variety) October 2, 2018
19 former or current “Criminal Minds” staffers described how St. Johns has fostered a toxic environment on set, groping male staffers, threatening them physically, and firing anyone who complained.
Several crew members said that they reported St. Johns’ behavior to the show’s senior management, but saw no steps taken to curb or address the alleged abuse.
The executive producer of “Criminal Minds” compared St. Johns’ behavior to “good-game sort of stuff… Having spent my life in this business, there’s always pranksters and people doing what I guess you’d refer to as locker-room humor” https://t.co/vgIyaIl6i8
— Variety (@Variety) October 3, 2018
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