venet has represented some of hollywood's biggest names. liam hemsworth. emma stone.advice store stallone. eddie murphy. adam sandler. >> you're talking about a very, very powerful man who has access to studio heads, what they do affects every part of the business from producers, writers, actors, they own finance companies, the whole thing -- did you know him before the party? >> i did not know him. i heard of him. we had never, ever even had a conversation, okay? so i just heard -- actually, i was actually looking forward to meeting him. >> reporter: instead of a professional meet and greet, crews claimed vinet leared at him from across the room. >> he looked me in my eyes, sticking his tongue out, overtly, sexually, to me. it was no mistake that this was a sexual-type tongue move. and i'm going -- i'm thinking it's a joke, i'm thinking is this how this guy breaks the ice? i don't understand what this is. >> reporter: confused, crews said he reached out to shake his hand. >> i reached my hand out and he takes his right hand and under mine, immediately squeezes, grabs

. >> liz: terry cruz talking about hollywood executive adam venet who represents talent such as emmatone, adam sandler, and eddie murphy. now he has since taken a leave of absence. william morris endeavor is valued at $5.5 billion let's bring in elizabeth herrington. good to have you on elizabeth. it's striking that terry cruz says he never felt more horrified. he's saying this is a deal about holy hollywood and abuse of power and what do you think? >> yeah, his story is very compelling, if you get a chance you can watch that whole interview. what's really amazing about this is because of the amount of power that adam bennett has in hollywood he felt completely comfortable in a public place, at a party, around hundreds of people doing this and engaging in this behavior with no consequences and there haven't been any consequences until now we have this avalanche of victims coming forward in the wake of the harvey weinstein scandal but that scandal made terry cruz feel more comfortable in outing this guy and his behavior but it would never have happened if that story never came to ligh