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Terry Crewsis firing back at comedian D.L. Hughley for questioning Crews’ alleged sexual assault.
In August, Hughley, 55, was asked his opinion on Crews’ #MeToo experience. Crews previously alleged that Adam Venit, former head of the motion picture department at William Morris Endeavor and top Hollywood agent,groped him at a partyin 2016. Venit has denied the allegation.
“I don’t understand. I think that now everybody’s so into this notion that, ‘It happened to me to me too.’ Hey, motherf——, God gave you muscles so you could say no and mean it,” Hughley added.
“You told the world ‘God Gave Me Muscles So I Could Say No,” Crews wrote alongside a clip of Hughley’s interview.
“Are you implying that I ‘wanted’ to be sexually assaulted? I’m listening, sir.”
Hughley, however, did not apologize and instead wrote, “You saw the video!”
Since opening up about the alleged incident, Crews has been an advocate for the #MeToo movement.
In June, Crewsgave a powerful testimonybefore a Senate Judiciary Committee about proposed legislation known as the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights.
“Abusers protect abusers — and this is one thing I had to decide, whether I was going to draw the line on,” he said. “Am I going to be a part of this or am I going to take a stand?”
Crews said that he has faced blowback for speaking out as a male sexual assault survivor and blamed toxic masculinity for not believing victims.
“This is how toxic masculinity permeates culture,” he said. “As I shared my story, I was told over and over that this was not abuse. This was just a joke. This was just horseplay. But I can say one man’s horseplay is another man’s humiliation. And I chose to tell my story and share my experience to stand in solidarity with millions of other survivors around the world. That I know how hard it is to come forward, I know the shame associated with the assault. It happened to me.”
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The DA reached that decision because Venit “did not make contact with the victim’s skin when he grabbed [Crews’] genitals,” according to the documents.
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In addition to the criminal case, Crews filed a lawsuit against Venit and his agency, Williams Morris Endeavor.
In the complaint,USA Todayreports, Crews was asking for punitive and exemplary damages after he said he suffered pain following the incident.
In September, Crews, Venit and WME settled the lawsuit.
source: people.com
