Wednesday, June 27, 2018 –
11:34am
Brooklyn Nine Nine star Terry Crews has testified in
front of a US senate hearing on sexual assault, describing how he
felt powerless and humiliated after being groped by a Hollywood
executive at an event in 2016.
A “humble” and “emotional” Crews gave a “passionate”
opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on
the Sexual Assault Survivor Bill of Rights on Tuesday, ABC reports.
The 49-year-old actor described how his abusive
father had brought him up with a rigid view of masculinity – a view
that fell apart after he became a victim of sexual
assault.
“I’m not a small or insecure man,” he said.
“But, in that moment, I’ve never felt more emasculated.”
“The assault lasted only minutes, but what he
was effectively telling me while he held my genitals in his hand,
was that he held the power – that he was in control.”
Video of Terry Crews complete opening statement (C-SPAN)
He said that his precarious position as a
successful black man in the public eye made him feel unable to
physically resist for fear of jeopardising his career.
“As a black man in America, you only have a few shots at
success,” he told senators.
Those he confided in often trivialised his experience,
dismissing the incident as “horseplay”, he said.
“I was told over and over that this was not
abuse – this was just a joke,” he said. “But I can say one man’s
horseplay is another man’s humiliation.”
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Crews, a former American football player known for his
“strongman” roles on screen, was widely applauded for defying the
stigma of male sexual abuse by going public with his own tale of
sexual assault during the #MeToo revelations in October last
year.
“As I watched women and colleagues in my
industry come forward to share their #MeToo stories, this shame
washed over me again and I knew I needed to act,” he told senators
yesterday.
He added that “thousands” of men had approached
him to thank him for coming forward and to share their own
experiences.
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