Overview

• Three former props crew members—Caroline Mack, Alicia Haverland and Ava Steinbrenner—filed the suit on May 30 in Los Angeles Superior Court, requesting a jury trial and damages
• The complaint alleges assistant prop master Tyler Patton subjected the plaintiffs to months of unwanted touching, sexual remarks and lewd images on the set of the ABC series
• Plaintiffs contend prop master Tammie Patton ignored their concerns and that Tyler Patton’s replacement, Don Bracken, demoted them and made disparaging comments
• The filing accuses Disney and 20th Television of negligent hiring and retention by ignoring a 2010 lawsuit against Tyler Patton for similar misconduct
• All members of the props department except Bracken were later dismissed, with the plaintiffs claiming they have been blacklisted by Disney