The Long, Thorny Path to Dasha Nekrasova's Hollywood Shunning

On Aug. 19, 2023, Jonathan Daniel Brown sent a concerned email to Gaby Cohen and Jason Klorfein, two agents at Gersh .

Brown, 36, had once been an actor, and had some success, most notably with a role in 2012’s hit comedy Project X . But finding himself disillusioned with the acting world, he transitioned to producing, most recently with the comedy horror Fuck My Son! , the title of which drew titters ahead of its TIFF premiere.

But Brown was not in a laughing mood when he wrote his email to Gersh, an agency to which he has no formal ties. He had been tracking one of Cohen and Klorfein’s clients, Dasha Nekrasova , for some time. The 34-year-old actress, born in Belarus and living in the U.S. for 30 years, is also co-host of the popular Red Scare podcast.

On Aug. 19, 2023, Jona