Asia Argento settled a claim with sexual assault accuser

Asia Argento settled a claim with sexual assault accuser

Internation News : Actor-director Asia Argento, one of the vocal advocates of the #MeToo movement, settled a claim last year from a former child actor that she assaulted him when he was 17.

According to documents obtained by The New York Times, Argento, made a deal with former child actor-musician Jimmy Bennett for the amount of USD 380,000, payable over the period of a year-and-a-half.

She paid off Bennett, who claims to have been assaulted in a California hotel room in 2013 by the then 37-year-old actor when he was a little over 17, in the months that followed her allegations of sexual abuse by the now-disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Argento's counsel who handled the settlement, Carrie Goldberg, described the money as "helping Mr Bennett" in the documents.

According to the papers, Argento asked the family member, who accompanied the minor actor, to leave so she could be alone with him.

She gave him alcohol to drink and showed him a series of notes she had written to him on hotel stationery. Then she kissed him, pushed him back on the bed, removed his pants and performed oral sex. She climbed on top of him and the two had intercourse, the document says.

She then asked him to take a number of photos.

After lunch, Bennett headed home to Orange County, where he lived with his parents. As he was driven home, according to his claim, he began to feel "extremely...Read Full News