‘Wednesday’ star Percy Hynes White breaks his silence for the first time since sexual harassment allegations

For several months now, the career of 21-year-old Percy Hynes White, best known for his role as Xavier Thorpe in Tim Burton’s acclaimed series “Wednesday”, has been going downhill. At the beginning of the year, several girls accused the rising star of indecent behavior and sexual harassment at once, which called into question his further participation in the show. After that, Percy closed comments on his social networks, but did not explain himself. — his mother did it instead. However, after a while, the actor nevertheless decided to break the silence and publicly discuss this story. On his personal blog, he posted a lengthy message to fans.

Hi all. I need to clarify something. Earlier this year, someone I had never met started a disinformation campaign against me on the internet. Because of this, my family was doxed and my friends received death threats,” Percy wrote. – Photographs of a minor me and examples of how I play a role that cause hatred were used. My friend Jane was falsely portrayed as a victim and her efforts to remedy the situation were ignored. She gave me permission to include her name in this message.

In his address, Percy stressed several times that the accusations were unfair.

The rumors are false. I can’t stand being portrayed as a bigot or criminally disregarding the safety of others. Such baseless, harmful claims can cause distrust of the real victims of violence. Please stop persecuting my family, friends and colleagues. Thank you for taking the time to read this,” the actor concluded.

Since January, the hashtag #CancelPercy has gained wide popularity in social networks. It began to be used by those who supported the girls who accused Percy of harassment, and there were many of them. Recall that the alleged victims said they were attacked at one of the parties that the actor’s company arranged specifically to pump naive girls with illegal substances and have sex with them.

Note that for the entire time of the scandal, Percy Hynes White almost did not appear at social events. He was last seen at a Gucci fashion show in Milan.

By the way, Percy’s colleague on Wednesday, lead actress Jenna Ortega, is also regularly criticized on the Internet. So, recently she stated that on the set of the series she did not obey the scriptwriters and changed her lines without permission — for this, the girl was condemned not only by her own fans, but by the entire professional film community.