Actor Terry Crews has filed a lawsuit against the Hollywood agent he says groped him at a 2016 party.
Agent Adam Venit of William Morris Endeavor will see the star of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” in court over groping accusations made after the fall of producer Harvey Weinstein.
Mr. Crews, who also starred as a professional wrestler / president in the satire “Idiocracy,” went public in October to tell fans that Mr. Weinstein’s behavior was indicative of a systemic problem within the industry.
Mr. Venit acted “like a rabid dog, sticking his tongue in and out of his mouth provocatively,” Mr. Crews says in the sexual assault lawsuit, TMZ reported Tuesday.
Mr. Crews then instructed actor Adam Sandler — one of Mr. Venit’s clients — to intervene.
“Adam, come get your boy! He’s grabbing my nuts,” court documents say.
“This whole thing with Harvey Weinstein is giving me PTSD,” the actor tweeted Oct. 10. “Why? Because this kind of thing happened to ME. My wife [and] I were at a Hollywood function last year [and] a high level Hollywood executive came over [to] me and groped my privates. Jumping back I said What are you doing?! My wife saw everything [and] we looked at him like he was crazy. He just grinned like a jerk.”
Mr. Venit was briefly put on leave after the actor went public with his claims.
A man answering a phone number listed to Mr. Venit would not comment on the lawsuit, TMZ reported.
• Douglas Ernst can be reached at dernst@washingtontimes.com.
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