Wednesday Star Blasts 'False' Claims Of Sexual Misconduct -- With His Alleged Victim On His Side??
09.06.2023 - 01:37
/ perezhilton.com
Percy Hynes White of Netflix‘s huge hit show Wednesday is speaking out about his sexual misconduct allegations.
In case you didn’t know, the 21-year-old actor who’s best known for playing Xavier Thorpe on the show, was slammed with some disturbing sexual assault allegations in January. The since-deleted tweets claimed that he assaulted multiple women while at a party in Toronto that he had hosted. According to Variety, the tweet thread went as far as to allege he’d drugged underage girls and then have sex with them:
Yeah, just awful. And it got really bad, guys. #CancelPercy trended on Twitter worldwide as fans started attacking his Wednesday co-star Jenna Ortega for remaining friends with him. Fans were then demanding his removal from the show’s upcoming season 2.
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But now Percy is coming out with his own statement — and six months later he’s saying these horrific allegations aren’t true.
On Tuesday, The Gifted star took to Instagram to speak his piece in the matter, writing on his Stories:
He continued on to say these since-deleted allegations are “false” and that the “misinformation” being spread against him and those he’s close to is “harmful”:
Finishing up his statement, the Pretty Hard Cases alum thanked those for sticking up for him:
You can see his full statement (below):
A lot to take in… What do U think about his response, Perezcious readers? Let us know (below).
If you or someone you know has experienced sexual violence and would like to learn more about resources, consider checking out https://www.rainn.org/resources.
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