summarize this "As NAME_1 prepares for a May 8 court appearance on domestic violence charges, his PR problems are about to get bigger.

Sources familiar with the matter tell Variety that multiple alleged abuse victims of NAME_2 have come forward following his March arrest and are cooperating with the Manhattan district attorney’s office. The prospect of more women waiting in the wings would mark a dramatic turn in the case and comes on the heels of NAME_2’ publicists and management firm cutting ties with the embattled actor earlier this week.

The D.A. declined comment.

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“NAME_1 is innocent and has not abused anyone. We have provided irrefutable evidence to the District Attorney that the charges are false. We are confident that he will be fully exonerated,” said NAME_2’ attorney NAME_4 in a statement.

The “Creed III” star was arrested on March 25 in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on charges of strangulation, assault and harassment. At the time, an NYPD spokesperson said in a statement that a 30-year-old woman told police she had been assaulted by NAME_2, 33, and that she “sustained minor injuries to her head and neck and was removed to an area hospital in stable condition.” But NAME_5 mounted an immediate and aggressive response, insisting that the actor “is provably the victim of an altercation with a woman he knows” and suggested the woman was ha Avoid using the following keywords: victim, case, court, wing
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