Percy Hynes White reportedly written out of ‘Wednesday’ season 2 following sexual assault allegations

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Netflix‘s Wednesday, nine months after he was accused of assaulting a woman.The Canadian actor played Xavier Thorpe in the Addams Family spin-off.

A student at Wednesday’s school, Xavier had the ability to make his art come to life.According to The Daily Mail, a source close to White’s family confirmed that the actor had been written out of season two.In addition to Wednesday, White made appearances in The Twilight Zone and The Gifted, before he was accused of assaulting a woman at a party in Toronto.The allegations emerged on in a since-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter) by an anonymous social media user on January 18.The poster claimed she had been sexually assaulted by White at a party he was hosting, accused him of deliberately trying to get women drunk so they would have sex with him.“Percy is wonderful young man, that’s the truth,” an source told DailyMail.com. “He never took part in any of the false claims again him, which were on Twitter and never followed up or substantiated.“Percy is respectful, gracious, talented actor, a true professional.

He’s unfailingly polite to all, including the crew and his fans, most of whom are loyal to him as it should be.“For Netflix to drop him from the show is a disgrace.

It was just false rumours. It’s just not right.”“Percy will be just fine,” added the source. “People in the business know his character and talent.