Just days after Eric Dane’s death at age 53, a former Grey’s Anatomy background performer is drawing attention online with a series of posts accusing the late actor of bullying — and claiming she played a role in his exit from the hit ABC drama.

Laura Tull, who says she worked on the Grey’s Anatomy set for a few years beginning in 2005, shared multiple messages on Threads following news of Dane’s death on Thursday, February 19. “He was a bully an a hole,” she wrote.

In subsequent posts, she alleged that Dane mocked her on set, spoke about her behind her back, and contributed to what she describes as long-term professional and personal harm.

“He was a coward who abused me. Bullied me. Made fun of me. When I had beaten cancer. When I was getting sick with an autoimmune disease. He was a stuck on himself narciscist. I was a girl who just wanted to be an actor and be good at it. But I really didn’t care for Beverly hills or the sham of glam of hollywood. I wouldn’t make a sex tape. He got into my business. His dying doesn’t change [the] destruction he caused me,” she wrote. 

Then came the bigger claim. “I am why he was fired from Grey’s,” she said, alleging she contacted the office of Shonda Rhimes, the show’s creator and executive producer, before Dane’s departure was announced. “I called Rhimes’ assistant two weeks before they announced his termination,” Tull wrote. “Rhimes I doubt will ever admit that.”

Dane played Dr. Mark Sloan, better known to fans as “McSteamy,” from 2006 to 2012, becoming one of Grey’s Anatomy’s most beloved characters. His departure was first reported in July 2012, when Rhimes told TVLine that she and Dane “did not come to this decision lightly, but after much consideration and conversations, he and I have decided that this is the right time for his storyline to end.”

Years later, Dane described that moment differently. During an appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast in June 2024, he said he believed he was “let go,” suggesting rising cast costs may have played a role.

As for Tull’s allegations, they quickly spread online, though there’s no public confirmation from ABC, Shondaland, or Dane’s representatives supporting her claims. Her latest posts, however, are not the first time she has publicly accused the Euphoria alum.

In a June 2018 essay published on Medium, Tull reflected on her time around Grey’s Anatomy and mentioned Dane by name, writing, “I worked on [the] set of Grey’s Anatomy for three years as an extra, but I never spoke to Dane once. But I did hear him talk about me… I am still SAG AFTRA and I want justice for Dane’s bullying.”