‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Writer Elisabeth Finch On Leave Amid Investigation – CB

Gray’s Anatomy consulting producer Elisabeth Finch has been positioned on administrative depart following an allegation that she could have fudged particulars about her medical and private historical past whereas writing for the ABC drama, CB has confirmed. Finch’s claims are at the moment beneath assessment.

The revered author, who’s 44, is finest identified for penning “Silent All These Years,” a 2015 episode a few rape sufferer that additionally featured Finch in a non-speaking function as a nurse. (She’s the one main the gurney within the beneath clip).

In accordance with a report in The Ankler, a part of Finch’s attraction inside Gray’s Anatomy producer Shondaland is how open and sincere she’s been about her previous medical woes. A few of her previous claims included how she was identified with a uncommon type of bone most cancers, how she misplaced a kidney and a part of her leg however was then misdiagnosed, and the way she had endured verbal and sexual abuse by a male director whereas writing for The Vampire Diaries.

In addition to writing for Gray’s, Finch was a prolific freelancer who shared her private medical tales with retailers like Elle, The Hollywood Reporter and the Shondaland website. A rep for Shondlanda informed The Ankler, “Solely Elisabeth can converse to her private story.”

ABC is clearly strolling a tightrope with its investigation since medical information are non-public. Finch continues to be an achieved TV author, whose earlier credit embody Vampire Diaries, No Atypical Household and True Blood. She joined Gray’s Anatomy in 2015.

An ABC spokesperson declined remark.