Just a little over a year after the last "NCIS" episode featuring Abby Sciuto aired, Pauley Perrette took to Twitter to quash rumors of the character's return. "No I am not coming back! Ever!" Perrette wrote in June 2019. "I am terrified of Harmon and him attacking me. I have nightmares about it," she added. Reportedly, the actor's issues with Harmon dated back to an on-set incident in 2016 when his dog bit a crew member causing them to need 16 stitches, per TMZ. "Our sources tell us Pauley strongly objected to the dog being on the set after the bite and lobbied CBS brass to make it happen," the outlet reported.
According to Perrette, this caused intense friction between her and Harmon, as the network acquiesced and made Harmon keep the dog off the set. She alleged that at one point, as a form of retribution, Harmon "body checked" her while they passed each other, per TMZ. The "Broke" actor alleged that not only was she attacked by Harmon, but he constantly brought the dog around her as a form of intimidation. "And then I was physically assaulted for saying NO!? and I lost my job," Perrette wrote in a tweet that was deleted (via TMZ). Those were not the last words Perrette had to say about her former network and co-star.
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