“Stranger Things” star Finn Wolfhard has left APA days after his agent was accused of sexually assaulting a teenager, Variety has confirmed.
On Tuesday, filmmaker Blaise Godbe Lipman took to Facebook to identify APA’s Tyler Grasham as the man he had kept anonymous in a #metoo post a day earlier detailing sexual assault that he suffered as a teenager. Wolfhard, who plays Mike Wheeler on the Netflix supernatural drama series “Stranger Things,” had been represented by Grasham — whose client list consists predominately of child actors — but has now left APA. He has not yet signed with another agency.
A spokesperson for Wolfhard declined to comment. An APA representative told Variety in a statement, “APA takes these allegations extremely seriously and is investigating this matter.” The agency has retained an independent investigator to look into the allegations against Grasham.
On Monday, Lipman wrote on Facebook recounting the alleged sexual assault he was a victim of as a teenager. A day later, he took to Facebook again writing that after his initial post, his abuser had sent him a “poke” message on Facebook. Lipman wrote, “We haven’t had any correspondence in a decade, and aren’t friends on FB, yet today, out of the blue, he ‘pokes’ me. He must have been made aware of the post by one of our many mutuals. Was his poke passive aggressive? An abuser making himself known, a quiet threat? An admission of guilt with a smirky, ‘just try me’ ? I don’t know and I don’t care. It felt gross. And it was the tipping point that made me me want to open up in a real frank way. His name is Tyler Grasham, an agent at APA Agency.”
The Wrap first reported news of Wolfhard’s exit.