Terry Crews says abusers should not be allowed to ‘go back to work’

Terry Crews has said that people who have committed violence against others in the workplace should not be allowed to “go back to work”.

Speaking on a panel at the Teen Vogue Summit in Los Angeles, he said they need to be “held accountable” for their actions.

Crews accused Adam Venit, his retired former WME agent, of groping him at a Hollywood party in 2016.

In September, Crews said he had accepted an apology from Venit over the alleged incident.

“I think as men we should say, ‘We’re sorry.’ Then we have to step down and be accountable,” Crews said (via THR ).

“I have already forgiven the person who molested me in 2016. That wasn’t the point. It was like, “Wait, wait, you’re telling me you can just do it?” You tell me: wait, is everything okay? You’re not going to do anything? He said, “No, I said I’m sorry.”

“I said, ‘But you’re not going to fix it?’ I give you millions of dollars and you sit here and say, “Well, Terry, you’re not human anymore.” Just a little less. Just say it.’ I say, “I’m not saying that.”

“You can’t ignore me, I’m standing here,” he continued. “Suddenly you are an activist. “Hey, who does he think he is, standing here like you’re human or something?” Yes I am. And all I did was not wave flags, it wasn’t shoot a gun in the air, it was like, “No, no, no, you won’t do that.”

“No, he can’t go back to work. NO. He can’t go back to work and do this. No man, woman, child – you can’t molest anyone and go back to work.”

Crews parted ways with his agency WME in November 2017, and in December he sued both Venita and WME.

They settled the lawsuit in September this year.

Crews then admitted that before the events of the #MeToo movement, he was part of Hollywood’s culture of “toxic masculinity.”

“I have been involved in some of the most competitive and toxic environments you will probably ever be in. I mean, it’s really bad. But I was also a card-carrying member. “I’m guilty,” he said.

“Toxic masculinity wants you to do what I say. It’s domination. And I was part of it. My daughter is here and I don’t want to alienate her because she is so beautiful, but I say she grew up in a different home because my oldest daughter is 32 years old and I remember screaming, screaming, anger, domination. It had to be my way or the highway.

“Men must step down. I, Terry Crews, had to admit that I was right. I had to say, “I got it wrong. I didn’t do it right. I had to improve. I had to make sure it wasn’t just an apology; it’s about responsibility. I had to be accountable to my family, my wife and people for what I had done wrong in the past.”

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