George Clooney denies blacklisting ER actress who alleges on-set sexual harassment and racism

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Vanessa Marquez, who played a nurse on the hit NBC medical drama’s first three seasons, released a series of tweets alleging that she filed a sexual harassment complaint and was subjected to “Mexican slurs” on set. She says that executive producer John Wells never did anything about her official complaint, and that Clooney was complicit in having her blacklisted in Hollywood. While Wells and Warner Bros. has yet to respond, Clooney released a statement saying, in part: “I had no idea Vanessa was blacklisted. I take her at her word. I was not a writer or a producer or a director on that show. I had nothing to do with casting. I was an actor and only an actor.”