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EXCLUSIVE: "It meant nothing without a resignation," Terry Crews told Deadline today why he decided now to reveal an apology letter that Adam Venit sent him in March about the now ex-WME agent grabbing the Brooklyn Nine-Nine star's genitals at a party in February 2016. Sent four months after Crews took Venit and the…

UPDATED from 8:49 AM story with Terry Crews’ response: Adam Venit, the longtime talent agent and an architect of Endeavor and WME’s movie businesses, is retiring Monday. Venit told his close colleagues and clients yesterday that he has made the decision to retire, and he is transitioning a stellar list of stars and…

Terry Crews continues to try to find justice in his sexual assault case against WME ‘s Adam Venit. The Brooklyn Nine-Nine star took to Twitter Saturday to suggest that Venit’s position as a board member of the LAPD Foundation may have been a reason why his case was thrown out. Crews took a screenshot of an email from…

Terry Crews said he was threatened with retaliation for speaking out about a sexual assault by a Hollywood agent, saying the producer of The Expendables 4 warned of vague “troubles” unless he withdraws his civil suit. In testimony this morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Crews said Expendables producer Avi…

A month after the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office began an investigation into the alleged groping of Terry Crews by WME agent Adam Venit, the case is not going forward. “The matter was rejected because it was beyond the statute of limitations,” a City Attorney source told Deadline. The alleged incident…

Already battling Terry Crews in the courts over the Brooklyn Nine-Nine star's sexual assault allegations, WME agent Adam Venit s now facing a probe by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office over the alleged 2016 incident. "A case was presented to our office on February 6 by the Los Angeles Police Department…

WME has filed a response to the nine-count lawsuit filed in December by its former client Terry Crews. The actor sued the agency and its former head of its Motion Picture Group Adam Venit after claiming the agent sexually assaulted him at a red carpet event in 2016, saying in part the incident wasn’t the first time…

Almost a month and a half after dropping WME like fourth-period French, Terry Crews has  chosen UTA to be his agency of record. The move to the Jeremy Zimmer-led crew  also follows the Brooklyn Nine-Nine star suing his former agency and its former head of its Motion Picture Group Adam Venit for sexual assault December…

A week after Adam Venit went back to work as an agent at WME, Terry Crews is taking the uber-agency and the former head of its Motion Picture Group to court for sexual assault and sexual battery. The nine-claim complaint also claims this isn't the first time Venit has acted in such an inappropriate manner, and the…

EXCLUSIVE, updated with Terry Crews’ response: Adam Venit, formerly the head of WME’s Motion Picture Group, is back at his desk today after a 30-day suspension as the agency conducted an investigation into sexual harassment allegations leveled by actor Terry Crews. As part of a demotion, he’ll no longer carry his…

Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews has filed a crime report alleging a sexual assault that he says occurred at a Hollywood event last year. Los Angeles Police confirm to Deadline that Crews met with officers today to file the complaint. "We can confirm that a crime report was completed at the LAPD Hollywood division…

WME agent Adam Venit has been put on a leave of absence but is still at the company, pending an investigation into sexual harassment allegations by a client. Deadline asked WME about this yesterday but were rebuffed. He is one of the most senior agents at the agency with clients such as Adam Sandler, Sylvester…