Rainn Wilson has just 86d a controversial Vine star he signed to a TV deal earlier this week ... after getting trashed online for hiring the felon.
TMZ broke the story ... Curtis Lepore pled guilty to felony assault after he was initially charged with raping his ex-girlfriend and fellow Viner, Jessi Smiles.
Rainn chose Curtis as 1 of 5 Vine stars whose lives would be chronicled on his upcoming show "Hollywood and Vine."
But relentless online outrage forced Rainn folded like a cheap suit in the wake of online outrage ... and his company kicked Curtis to the curb, although Rainn called it a mutual breakup.