For several days now, the actor Percy Hynes White, who plays the character of Xavier in the Netflix series Wednesday is the subject of accusations of sexual assault and rape on social media.
It all started with a tweet, posted on January 19 by a user. In it, the young woman explains that she met the actor in middle school and high school in Toronto when he was between 17 and 20 years old and affirms that he organized at that time, with friends, evenings where he invited young women -under the age of age. according to her- to drink and take advantage of them.
Following this speech, other young women also broke their silence on Twitter and in turn denounced Percy Hynes’s behavior towards them through the hashtag #CancelPercy.
Testimonies supported for the most part by excerpts from conversations by SMS or photos of the actor, naked, that he would have sent to his interlocutors.
Petition signed by more than 6,000 people
Since these revelations, neither Percy Hynes nor Netflix have reacted yet. For their part, many Internet users and fans of the series Wednesday He called for sanctions from the platform for the 21-year-old actor to be replaced in the second season of the show.
A petition has even been launched by a fan account of Jenna Ortega, who plays Wednesday in the series, to demand the withdrawal of Percy Hynes. To date it has more than 6,000 signatures.
Source: BFM TV
