Asia Argento, Italian actress and director, one of the most prominent activists of the #MeToo movement, who has accused Harvey Weinstein of rape recently, is now accused of plying young actor Jimmy Bennett with booze before having s*x with him in California, when he was just 17.
On Sunday, few media sites reported that Asia Argento reportedly paid 22-year-old Jimmy Bennett £300,000 ($380,000) to settle a legal claim in April. She allegedly had s*xual interc**rse with Jimmy Bennet in California in 2013.
Asia Argento and Jimmy Bennett shared the screen space in 2004 released film “The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things” in which Asia Argento played Jimmy Bennett’s prostitute mother. Jimmy Bennett says in the notice that he had s*x with Asia Argento in the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Marina del Rey, California, in 2013.
42-year-old Asia Argento who emerged as a powerful figure in the #MeToo movement last fall after telling the New Yorker that during the Cannes Film Festival in 1997, Harvey Weinstein (the co-founder of Miramax studio and the Weinstein Company) invited her to his hotel, came out in a bathrobe and sexually assaulted her. At this year’s festival, Asia Argento delivered a bold speech about the experience of sexual harassment. She also revealed that she continued to have a relationship with Harvey Weinstein because she was afraid of angering him. Asia Argento became a leading figure in #MeToo movement, which was established after more than 80 women, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie came forward with allegations of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein
On the other side, Harvey Weinstein has denied allegations of non-consensual s*x with Asia Argento. The producer’s lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, released a statement addressing the allegations against Asia Argento, adding that the relationship of her with Harvey Weinstein was consensual.
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