Okokugcina ngo-Okthoba, uJesse Williams, owaziwa ngeqhaza likaDkt Jackson Avery ochungechungeni lwethelevishini "Anatomy of Passion," ekugcineni wahlukanisa u-Erin Drake Li. Umlingisi kanye nomthengisi wezindlu bashada kusukela ngonyaka ka-2012 kuya ku-2017, inqubo yabo yomshado yayibambezeleka, kubandakanya nokunakekelwa kwezingane, ndodakazi yaseSadi eneminyaka engu-7 ubudala kanye nendodana eneminyaka engu-7 ubudala kanye nendodana eneminyaka engu-5 ubudala kanye nendodana eneminyaka emi-5 ubudala kanye nendodana eneminyaka engu-5 ubudala kanye nendodana eneminyaka emi-5 .
Umehluko kulo mhlabathi uJessie no-Erin abakahlali, futhi bathunyelwa ezifundweni ezikhethekile 'zabazali bezimpikiswano.' Izifundo zibizwa ngokuthi "phakathi kwabazali ababili", zenzelwe imibhangqwana ehlukanisile futhi ayikwazi ukuvumelana ngezindlela zokukhulisa izingane kunasekupheleni Dala ukucindezela okukhulu kwalokhu. Ukuqeqeshwa kuqukethe amakilasi ayisithupha aku-inthanethi.
Njengoba imibiko e-ES-Online, ngoMashi Jesse, wafaka isitatimende acela ukubuyisa kabusha imibandela yokugcinwa futhi adlulise kuqala kuye. Kepha ijaji lalinqabile isicelo somlingisi, lithi yena noshade naye langaphambili "kumele bahlanganyele ngokulinganayo, ngoba kuyindlela engcono kakhulu yezingane zabo ezincane." Phambilini, u-Erin waphikelela ekunakekelweni kuphela, kodwa futhi wathola ukwenqaba.
Ngokwezimo zokuqala zesehlukaniso uJesse u-Jesse wanquma ukukhokha umngane wakhe womshado ngenani lamadola ayizinkulungwane ezingama-40 njalo ngenyanga. Kodwa-ke, le nto yabuyekezwa ngokuwa kokugcina, futhi manje umlingisi akufanele akhokhe lutho kumfazi wakhe wangaphambili.