Adam Venit, a longtime talent agent at Endeavor and WME, is stepping down next week, an insider told TheWrap.
Venit found himself embroiled in the #MeToo uproar after Terry Crews, a former WME client, accused Venit of groping him at a party. Crews filed a civil suit against WME and Venit related to the 2016 incident. Venit’s departure was supposed to be announced on Monday, according to the insider.
WME said in a statement: “Terry Crews, Adam Venit, and WME have settled the lawsuit Mr. Crews filed last year. It will be dismissed.”
Venit, who has repped Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone, Eddie Murphy and many other big clients, was suspended by WME in December while an investigation was held, but the agency ruled that while he would be demoted from his position as head of the Motion Picture Department, he would be allowed to stay on as an agent.