The New York Times is reporting that Asia Argento, one of the first public accusers of Hollywood sleazeball Harvey Weinstein, settled a sexual assault claim of her own with a then underage child actor:
Breaking News: Asia Argento, a leading voice of #MeToo, arranged to pay an actor after he claimed she sexually assaulted him when he was 17, documents show.https://t.co/ptgVHlX9qM
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 20, 2018
According to the report, Argento had sex with the boy, Jimmy Bennett, at a hotel in Marina del Ray, Calif. when he was only 17-years-old:
Actress at center of #metoo movement had sex with 17 year old actor at Marina del Rey hotel, later paid him settlement documents show. https://t.co/rMSMJDez2C
— Shelby Grad (@shelbygrad) August 20, 2018
The age of consent in California is 18:
#BreakingNews After having accused #HarveyWeinstein actress #AsiaArgento paid a young man #380,000 to drop a sexual assault complaint againt her. She was 37. He was 17. Age of consent in California is 18. https://t.co/M3v6M1VUA0 @nytimes
— Charles Adler (@charlesadler) August 20, 2018
Argento then allegedly paid Bennett $380,000 as part of the settlement:
NYT: Asia Argento quietly arranged to pay $380,000 to her own accuser: Jimmy Bennett, a young actor and rock musician who said she had sexually assaulted him in a California hotel room years earlier, when he was only two months past his 17th birthday. https://t.co/i2PbWD0VgV
— Joshua Hoyos (@JoshuaHoyos) August 20, 2018
Argento met Bennett when the actor was 7-years-old and they worked on a movie together, with her as his mom:
https://twitter.com/mitchsunderland/status/1031357583582482432
According to the timeline in the article, Bennett sued argento shortly after Ronan Farrow’s bombshell article on Weinstein was published:
A former child actor sued Asia Argento over a sexual encounter – one month after she told @RonanFarrow about Weinstein. She paid him $380K in settlement https://t.co/4lwboYxqmb
— Sean Rossman (@SeanRossman) August 20, 2018
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