Prison Break star Wentworth
Miller has declined an invitation to the St. Petersburg International Film
Festival saying that as a gay man he disapproves of the Russian government's
crackdown on homosexuals.
Miller had been invited to appear
as a guest of honor at the festival. "As a gay man, I must decline, he
said.
The actor, 41, whose sexual
orientation has been the subject of speculation in the past, came out in a
letter he sent on Wednesday to festival organizers.
Wentworth's letter, which is
posted on GLAAD's website, thanks festival organizers for an invitation but
states "I am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment
of gay men and women by the Russian government."
