Amid the hot water his agent was in, "Stranger Things" actor Finn Wolfhard fired Agency for the Performing Arts (APA) agent Tyler Grasham and left the agency. It can be recalled that another former child actor recently accused Grasham of harassment when the actor was still a minor.
The 14-year-old actor's decision to separate himself from Grasham and the institution on Friday, Oct. 20, came after an inquiry was held on a sexual assault allegation revealed by former actor Blaise Godbe Lipman on a public Facebook post. The accusation stemmed from Lipman's younger days when he was just starting to make it in the industry.
The post, which came amid the Harvey Weinstein scandal, accused the agent of getting the younger Lipman drunk and sexually assaulted him. "I find it incredibly difficult to believe they do not know of his predatory behavior, using his position within the company to prey on naive kids," said Lipman of the agency.
The former actor, who made appearances in "Hawaii Five-O," disclosed to The Wrap that he was 17 or 18 when the abuse had happened. He also said that he was looking at signing with the APA agent during the time.
The revelation of Lipman, who is now a filmmaker, created a ripple. Another person, Lucas Ozarowski, took to Facebook on Oct. 20, to echo the allegation of Lipman. Ozarowski narrated how the agent also got him drunk at another agent's birthday party. He and Grasham had to head home to the latter's place, as Ozarowski's phone was in there charging. Ozarowski claimed that Grasham pulled his pants down and groped his private part as he was trying to book an Uber ride.
APA had fired Grasham in the wake of the coming out of several victims. "Tyler Grasham's employment with APA has been terminated, effective immediately," APA head of communications Manfred Westphal said in a statement to Entertainment Weekly. Aside from Wolfhard, "Descendants" actor Cameron Boyce also had fired the agent.
There is no word as of writing on Wolfhard's further plans.
