Hollywood actor Terry Crews shared an emotional testimony before a US Senate committee on Tuesday following his 2017 claim that talent agent Adam Venit groped him at a party in 2016. Venit denied the claims.
The former American football player appeared before the committee to back new laws for sexual assault victims
terry crews talking about why he didn’t fight back while being sexually assaulted. i don’t usually share stuff like this but y’all gotta watch this. pic.twitter.com/Z3gk8qybKT
— Lil Nas X (@NasMarai) June 26, 2018
While Crews was commended for sharing a very personal experience, rapper 50 Cent saw it fitting to mock the actor's sexual assault claims on social media.
In the now deleted post, 50 Cent shared memes of Crews shirtless with the text: "I got raped." "My wife just watched" and then another of Terry with a rose in his mouth which said "Gym time."
When social media got wind of 50 Cent's post, they read him for the filth on Twitter streets, with many users saying they're done with the 'I'm The Man' hitmaker, with one user saying the 42-year-old rapper's actions are the reason why men don't come forward as victims of sexual assault.
shit like this is the reason men don’t come forward as victims of sexual assault often. 50 Cent is publicly mocking Terry Crews, allowing Russell Simmons (friends with Crews’ abuser who tried to get him to drop the charges) to openly laugh at him. pic.twitter.com/J16TUvDUYi
— wesley (@wslymcln) June 26, 2018
I will admit I’ve found 50 Cent’s ‘ignant’ spiel entertaining until now. I thought he was a slightly wayward but good sport. His commentary on Terry Crews handling of sexual harassment makes clear he is an unintelligent and callous man, disinvested in his community.
— Esmé (@EsmeAraresa) June 26, 2018
50 Cent trash for mocking Terry Crews like that. And yeah i know he does this for everything but even in this day and age there are some things that need to be off limits when it comes to jokes.
— Hubert’s Side of the Story (@JRocIsMajor_) June 26, 2018
I continue to stand with @terrycrews and his family.
50 cent should focus on becoming a full dollar.
— Kelechi Okafor (@kelechnekoff) June 26, 2018
When asked what he thought of 50 Cent's post, Crews said: "I love 50 Cent, I listen to his music while I'm working out... I prove that size doesn't matter when it comes to sexual assault."