After several women told their stories about the sexual assault and harassment allegedly committed by film producer Harvey Weinstein, actor Terry Crews came forward on Twitter last month and revealed he too was sexually assaulted but he did not disclose the name of the Hollywood executive. Crews filed a police report last week on the incident, and courageously named his attacker while recalling the disturbing experience on "Good Morning America" in hopes it will encourage other victims to come forward.

"I was assaulted by Adam Venit, who is the head of the motion picture department at Williams Morris Endeavor, one of the biggest [talent] agencies in the world, period," Crews said on Wednesday's program.

He said he was with his wife at a party in February of last year when he saw Venit, whom he said he had never met before. The exec allegedly made crude gestures at Crews with his tongue before assaulting him.

“I’m looking and I’m like, is this a joke?” Crews said. “And he comes over to me, I stick my hand out and he literally takes his hand and puts it and squeezes my genitals. And I jump back like, ‘Hey, hey,’ and he’s still sticking his tongue out and I’m like, ‘Dude what are you doing? What are you doing?’ And then he comes back again!”

Crews said he pushed Venit away, causing the agent to bump into some partygoers. He said it took great restraint not to hit him any harder, especially after the way Venit responded.

“He starts giggling and laughing. I’ll tell you, I’ve never felt more emasculated, more objectified; I was horrified,” Crews said. “When I looked at him, it was rage. And when I say rage, I felt like I could punch a hole in his head.”

Crews said he told comedian Adam Sandler, who was also at the party, what happened and he reacted with equal shock. Crews and his wife, who he said witnessed the incident, left the party shortly after it occurred. In the car, he found himself gripping the steering wheel of his car in fury. The former NFL player credited his wife with calming him down and helping him not resort to violence in response to the incident.

“She just kept saying, ‘I’m proud of you, I’m proud of you, I’m proud of you,’” he recalled of his wife’s encouragement, getting a bit emotional.

“If I would have just retaliated, in defense, I would be in jail right now and that’s one thing I knew, being a large black African American man in America, I would have immediately be seen as a thug, but I’m not a thug,” he said.

Crews said he initially didn't come forward about the incident because he didn't think anyone would believe him and he feared such allegations against a Hollywood powerbroker would harm his career. He said hearing the stories from Weinstein's victims spurred him to publicize the incident and caused his buried memory to bubble up, and inflict a kind of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Venit, who has been placed on leave at WME, has not publicly addressed Crews’ allegations.

Source: huffingtonpost.com