Former WME Agent Adam Venit Sued for Assault, Domestic Violence by Ex-Wife
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Former Hollywood powerbroker Adam Venit has been sued by his ex-wife, who accuses him of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking and says she was “trapped in a dangerously violent and abusive marriage.”
In the suit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Sunday, Trina Venit claims that her ex-husband, a former WME agent, “strangled, punched, kicked, drugged and sexually assaulted her, leaving her bloodied, bruised and scarred on too many occasions to count.”
Adam Venit, who once counted Adam Sandler, Casey Affleck and Dustin Hoffman as clients, left WME in September 2018 after he and the firm settled a lawsuit from Terry Crews alleging the executive groped the actor at a West Hollywood party. The Los Angeles Police Department turned its investigation into the incident over to country prosecutors, but they ultimately declined to press charges. (Crews fired WME after he sued.
Former Hollywood powerbroker Adam Venit has been sued by his ex-wife, who accuses him of sexual assault, domestic violence and stalking and says she was “trapped in a dangerously violent and abusive marriage.”
In the suit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Sunday, Trina Venit claims that her ex-husband, a former WME agent, “strangled, punched, kicked, drugged and sexually assaulted her, leaving her bloodied, bruised and scarred on too many occasions to count.”
Adam Venit, who once counted Adam Sandler, Casey Affleck and Dustin Hoffman as clients, left WME in September 2018 after he and the firm settled a lawsuit from Terry Crews alleging the executive groped the actor at a West Hollywood party. The Los Angeles Police Department turned its investigation into the incident over to country prosecutors, but they ultimately declined to press charges. (Crews fired WME after he sued.
- 6/27/2022
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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