Anti-sexual abuse pioneer accused of raping young actor
Asia Argento, who was the first to expose and denounce movie mogul Harvey Weinstein for sexual assault, was recently accused of forced sexual intercourse by an artist 20 years her junior.
Asia Argento, whose real name is Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento, was born on September 20, 1975. She is the daughter of famous Italian filmmaker Dario Argento. She has participated in a number of prominent film projects such asxXx(2002) orMarie Antoinette(2016), the star became best known for joining the ranks of 13 women who publicly accused film production mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault in late 2017.
Last year, Italian director and actress Asia Argento revealed that she had been raped by Harvey Weinstein at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997, when she was 22 years old, becoming the first person to expose the sex scandal of the Hollywood producer. Her voice also opened the #MeToo movement that spread strongly in the world's film capital.
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| Asia Argento pioneered the #MeToo anti-sexual assault movement in Hollywood. |
However, recently, Asia Argento herself became the subject of accusations of sexual assault.
The New York Times reported that actor and singer Jimmy Bennett filed a lawsuit against his senior for forcing him to have sex five years ago for $380,000 in damages. The incident happened in California, when Bennet was 17 years old, while the state's law stipulates that sexual relations are legal after the age of 18.
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| A photo of Jimmy Bennet and Asia Argento together after the sexual assault incident occurred. |
Sources familiar with the matter confirmNew York Times,Jimmy Bennet was taken to the Ritz-Carlton by his family at Asia Argento's request. She asked the Bennet family to leave first so she could talk to the actor privately.
After offering him a drink, she began kissing him and performing oral sex on him. When they finished, they took a photo together. This left Jimmy Bennet deeply traumatized.
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| The two actors play mother and daughter in the movie "The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things". |
Jimmy Bennet first met Asia Argento at the age of 7, when he was filmingThe Heart is Deceitful Above All Thingsdirected by and starring Argento.
In the film, Argento plays a prostitute, and Bennet is her son. The female lead forces her son to pretend to be a girl to solicit customers, leading to the boy being raped. After this collaboration, they often refer to each other as mother and son.
