Terry Crews reveals that he was once sexually assaulted by a Hollywood executive
Presumably empowered by the sight of decades’ worth of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein being dragged into the light, a number of people in the entertainment industry have begun opening up about their own experiences with powerful men in Hollywood forcing them into unwanted sexual situations. Most of the people speaking up right now are female, due to the fact that women and girls are far more likely to be the victims of sexual violence. (90 percent of adult rape victims and 82 percent of juvenile victims are female, according to RAINN.)
But in case we needed a reminder that there is no “default” face for victims of harassment or assault, a somewhat surprising voice spoke up today about his own experiences: Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews.
Crews revealed the details of the incident on Twitter, recounting a story in which an unnamed “high level” Hollywood executive walked up to him at a party last year and grabbed his genitals.