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After eight episodes, Whitney was released from her contract. She was extremely bitter about the unprovoked firing, and confessed in her book, The Longest Trek, that she was sexually assaulted by an executive of the show. Whitney also said she was let go for a sort of gross reason. She said, “They wanted William Shatner to have romances in each episode with a different person because for him to be stuck with one woman was not good for him and it wasn’t good for the audience. That’s what they told me, so I was written out.”

Outside of her acting career, Whitney has dedicated herself to helping others find sobriety and overcoming addictions. Grace Whitney passed away in 2015 at the age of 85.