Actor Terry Crews has alleged a film producer offered him a role in « Expendables 4 » if he dropped his sexual assault lawsuit against a Hollywood agent.
Terry Crews says a film producer said he could only return to the « Expendables » franchise if he dropped his sexual assault lawsuit against a Hollywood agent. The actor said it was an example of how « abusers protect abusers. »
Crews made the allegation Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Crews last year accused a William Morris Endeavor talent agent of groping him at a party.
At the hearing, he was asked if there had been any retaliation for making the sexual assault allegation.
He said « Expendables » producer Avi Lerner asked that the actor drop his case in order to appear in the fourth installment of the action film and warned of « troubles » if it wasn’t dropped. He has been in each of the previous films.
An email seeking comment from Lerner’s Millennium Films was not immediately returned Tuesday afternoon.
