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A star of the Sundance-winning film Desire Lines has been found safe but ‘badly concussed’ after their partner declared them missing earlier today.
Theo Germaine, an American actor, most well known for playing James Sullivan on the Netflix original television series The Politician, reportedly went missing earlier today, with the star’s family asking fans for help in their search.
Concerns were raised for the 32-year-old, who is transgender and identifies as non-binary using they/them pronouns, this morning when their partner, William Rusan, shared a concerning post on Theo’s Instagram account.
Sharing a picture of Theo and William cuddled up together in bed, the post declared it was an ’emergency’, before sharing more information about the situation at hand.
‘Everyone, this is Theo’s partner @williamrusan – Theo has been missing since late afternoon Saturday with symptoms of a traumatic brain injury. They are disoriented and their phone is not charged,’ the post read. ‘This is what they look like currently-a little muscled up compared to what you’re used to with a light starter mustache.’
Thankfully, after a scary few hours, an update was shared on the star’s social media page, revealing that Theo had been found safe but injured.
William told fans: ‘updating again with the intensely gratifying news that Theo has been found badly concussed, cold and out of sorts but otherwise unharmed. The family here cannot thank everyone enough for your help and well wishes.’
He continued to say that Theo is being ‘treated and recovering from this incident’, however due to the nature of the actor’s injuries, they may not be able to reply to messages of concern or well wishes quickly.
‘This post will be archived tomorrow afternoon once people are aware the emergency is over. The community that showed up for them is incredible but privacy will help the healing,’ the post read.
It is unclear where Theo was found or what led to their disappearance.
Theo shot to fame after starring in the Ryan Murphy-created Netflix series, The Politician, in which they starred alongside Ben Platt and Gwyneth Paltrow.
Playing the ambitious friend of Payton Hobart (Ben), Theo’s character worked as campaign manager and advisor of Payton, helping in the race to become student body president at their high school.
The Netflix series, which earned eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations, ran for two seasons and is expected to return for a third, however Ryan has maintained that it won’t be filmed until years later.
Speaking to Gay Times last year, Ben reiterated the plans, stating there have been no developments: ‘Ryan always mentioned that, someday, he’d want to wait until we got older and do it again – and about 112 different things! So, if he ever decides he wants to come back to it, I would love to do it.
‘But truly, I have as much information as you do. Listen, it’s not over until Ryan decides it is. We’ll see!’
Following the series, Theo has gone on to star in multiple productions, including Desire Lines, which examines trans masculine sexuality and the taboos that surround it, winning at both the Sundance Film Festival and Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival last year.
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