"Brooklyn Nine-Nine" star Terry Crews, one of the strident male voices of the #MeToo movement, has settled a civil lawsuit with his former talent agency after accusing one of its high-powered agents of groping his genitals during a 2016 party.
The settlement closes the final chapter on the actor's legal action against the agency, William Morris Endeavor.
Crews and agent Adam Venit, who did not represent the actor, agreed to settle the lawsuit Thursday, according to the Associated Press.
The actor, who did not immediately respond to The Times' requests for comment, tweeted "ACCOUNTABILITY" after reports surfaced Thursday that Venit would be retiring from the agency.
Venit denied the allegations against him in court documents and said his actions toward Crews were not sexual and caused no harm, AP said.
WME suspended Venit to investigate the claims and he was stripped of his title as head of the agency's Motion Picture Group, Deadline reported.
The former film-division agent counted heavyweight talent such as Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone, Dustin Hoffman, Eddie Murphy, Vince Vaughn and M. Night Shyamalan among his clients.
WME did not immediately respond to The Times' requests for comment.
Crews, a former NFL star, publicized the groping allegations on Twitter last October in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, filed a police report in November and dropped WME as his talent agency over the incident. He also filed criminal and civil lawsuits. (The criminal case was also dismissed in March because the statute of limitations had expired.)
The emboldened star has continued to be a #MeToo advocate, asserting that men can be victims too.
This summer, Crews testified about sexual assault in front of a Senate Judiciary Committee and filmed a PSA with "Full Frontal" host Samantha Bee about male sexual assault jokes.
