The man who allegedly molested Brooklyn Nine-Nine star Terry Crews at a Hollywood party has been identified as star agent Adam Venit.

Venit, the head of talent agency William Morris Endeavor's motion picture group, was identified by Variety as the powerful executive whom Crews accused on Twitter of groping his privates.

Venit is now on leave pending a company probe into the claims. Among those he represents are director Brett Ratner and actors Casey Affleck and Dustin Hoffman, all of whom have also been accused of sexual harassment or abuse.

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TV star Terry Crews (seen left with wife Rebecca King Crews) said last month that a Hollywood exec grabbed his crotch. The man is reportedly Adam Venit (left, with wife Trina)

Crews made the allegations on October 10, in the wake of the claims against Harvey Weinstein that opened up a Pandora's Box of alleged Hollywood abuse.

'This whole thing with Harvey Weinstein is giving me PTSD. Why? Because this kind of thing happened to ME,' Crews tweeted.

He recounted how he had been at 'a Hollywood function' in 2016 with his wife, Rebecca King-Crews, when 'a high-level Hollywood executive came over 2 me and groped my privates.'

Venit is a top William Morris Endeavor (WME) agent; Crews is signed with the company. Venit is now reportedly on leave pending an investigation by MWE

Crews says that he jumped back and asked what the man was doing, but 'He just grinned like a jerk' at him and his wife.

Venit wasn't identified in the tweets, but sources told Variety that Crews was planning to name him in recent days; Crews is managed by William Morris Endeavor (WME).

It's not clear whether the alleged groping was intended sexually, or as a deeply inappropriate prank.

Representatives for (WME), Venit and Crews declined to comment to Variety.

Crews said he feared fighting back - despite being 6'3" and 240lbs - because he was worried he would be thrown into jail.

But even stronger was the fear that even telling anyone about it would result in the groper destroying his career.

'I decided not 2 take it further becuz I didn’t want 2b ostracized— par 4 the course when the predator has power n influence,' he wrote.

'I let it go. And I understand why many women who this happens to let it go.

'Who’s going 2 believe you? (few) What r the repercussions?(many) Do u want 2 work again? (Yes) R you prepared 2b ostracized? (No)'.

Venit represents three people who have also recently been accused of sexual harassment or abuse: Hoffman, Ratner and Affleck.

Although he is physically imposing, Crews (seen in 2006) said he was worried about having his career crushed by his abuser. He has not confirmed whether Venit is the man in question

Dustin Hoffman was accused on Wednesday of groping and harassing a then-17-year-old actress on the set of a 1985 TV movie adaptation of Death of a Salesman.

'He was openly flirtatious, he grabbed my a**, he talked about sex to me and in front of me,' Anna Graham Hunter told The Hollywood Reporter.

Upon being contacted for the story by the magazine, Hoffman responded: 'I have the utmost respect for women and feel terrible that anything I might have done could have put her in an uncomfortable situation. I am sorry. It is not reflective of who I am.'

Among those that Venit represents is Dustin Hoffman, who has now been accused of sexual harassment by two women in incidents from 1985 and 1991

A second claim emerged today, when Wendy Riss Gatsiounis told Variety that in 1991, Hoffman had propositioned her under the pretense of wanting to adapt her play, 'A Darker Purpose.'

When she turned down his offer to let her 'explore' his body, she said, he and colleague Murray Schisgal, who wrote Hoffman's 1982 cross-dressing comedy Tootsie, dropped her play.

Hoffman declined to comment to Variety; Schisgal told Variety: 'Dustin Hoffman and I took many meetings with writers and playwrights over many years. I have no recollection of this meeting or of any of the behavior or actions described.'

Ratner, director of the critically mauled X-Men: The Last Stand also been accused of abuse, including rape, by alleged victims speaking to the LA Times on Wednesday.

Species star Natasha Henstridge said that he forced her to perform oral sex on him in the early 90s, when she was 19, while Olivia Munn said he masturbated at her on set in 2004. Four other women said he propositioned them.

Ratner 'categorically' denied the claims; his lawyer said: 'I have represented Mr Ratner for two decades, and no woman has ever made a claim against him for sexual misconduct or sexual harassment.

'Furthermore, no woman has ever requested or received any financial settlement from my client.'

Also represented by Venit are director Brett Ratner (left), who allegedly raped one woman and harassed others; and Casey Affleck, who is alleged to have harassed two women

On Friday, Melanie Kohler accused him on Facebook of raping her about 12 years ago when she was drunk.

Ratner is now suing her for defamation, saying the statement is 'entirely false, fabricated, and fictional', and asking for damages to be determined at trial.

Meanwhile, Golden Globe winner Casey Affleck has been accused of sexually harassing and pressuring two women while filming I'm Still Here with Joaquin Phoenix.

Both women sued, and he settled out of court with both for an undisclosed amount in 2010.

Others represented by Venit include Adam Sandler, for whom he worked out a multi-movie Netflix deal; Gal Gadot, for whom he negotiated the role of Wonder Woman, and director M Night Shymalan.

He is currently helping to put together Creed 2 for director Sylvester Stallone.