As more talent agencies find themselves drawn into the wave of Hollywood sex scandals, a prominent agent at Creative Artists Agency is facing accusations that he offered an actor sex in exchange for access to directors and a movie star. The agent, Cade Hudson, made the offers in 2013, according to text messages reviewed by The Times, as well as interviews with the recipient of the messages, actor Sean Rose. The texts show that Hudson offered to perform oral sex on Rose and solicited the actor for as much as $1,000, even though he was told the actor was heterosexual. Rose said he declined the offers and was “embarrassed and humiliated.” But he said he felt powerless to speak out and feared that doing so would result in professional reprisals. “Because he knew so many people in the industry, I felt there wasn’t anything I could do about it,” the actor said.
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