#Metoo movement founder Asia Argento accused of sexual assault

[Staysafebro]

Asia Argento's Accuser Speaks Publicly

 

August 22, 20184:02 PM

Updated at 4:45 p.m. ET

Jimmy Bennett, who accused actress Asia Argento of sexual assault in legal documents that were leaked to The New York Times, has issued a public statement for the first time since the Times story published on Sunday.

"I did not initially speak out about my story because I chose to handle it in private with the person who wronged me," Bennett said in the statement, which his lawyer sent to NPR. "I have not made a public statement in the past hours and days because I was ashamed and afraid to be part of the public narrative."

"I was underage when the event took place ... at the time I believed there was still a stigma to being in the situation as a male in our society," he wrote. "I tried to seek justice in a way that made sense to me at the time ... I didn't think that people would understand the event that took place from the eyes of a teenage boy."

Meanwhile Argento, Argento, herself a prominent Harvey Weinstein accuser, has provided a statement to multiple media outlets denying that had any sexual relationship with Bennett.

 

In legal documents that were leaked to the Times, Bennett alleged that he and Argento had sex at a hotel in 2013, when she was 37 and he was 17. The age of consent in California is 18.As a child, Bennett once played Argento's son in a film.

The documents show that Argento paid Bennett $380,000, the Times reports.

In a statement provided to journalist Yashar Ali and to The Guardian on Tuesday, Argento wrote, "I have never had any sexual relationship with Bennett."

Bennett, who is now 22, "unexpectedly made an exorbitant request of money from me," Argento wrote. She said the decision to pay him was made by her late partner, Anthony Bourdain, to avoid "possible negative publicity.""We decided to deal compassionately with Bennett's demand for help and give it to him," she wrote. "Anthony personally undertook to help Bennett economically, upon the condition that we would no longer suffer any further intrusions in our life."

Meanwhile, the celebrity gossip site TMZ has published text messages it claims were sent from Argento to a friend, which appear to contradict the account Argento sent journalists. The alleged messages say the two had sex, which Bennett initiated, and that Argento didn't know he was a minor at the time.

NPR has repeatedly reached out to representatives of Argento, with no response.

As we have previously reported, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is investigating the allegations.

"Many brave women and men have spoken out about their own experiences during the #metoo movement, and I appreciate the bravery that it took for each and every one of them to take such a stand," Bennett said in his statement Wednesday.

He described "this event" with Argento as one of many adversities in his life, one he wants to move past. "And today I choose to move forward," he wrote, "no longer in silence.

Asia Argento and 17-Year-Old Boy in Bed in Sexual Encounter http://dlvr.it/Qgj9Xc 

4:01 AM - Aug 22, 2018

Asia Argento and 17-Year-Old Boy in Bed in Sexual Encounter

Asia Argento is shown in bed with a 17-year-old boy and says in texts she had sex with him.

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[Staysafebro]

@uttermost and other feminists on this forum

[Staysafebro]

Always suspected that the most vocal ones about an issue are actually the guilty ones who commit the crime. Like how those angry anti gays are gays themselves. I guess this is what #metoo movement is all about. Independent intellectual women being sneaky sex perverts. 

I wonder if @uttermost is also like that guy. Angry about caste atrocities, but may be sneakily committing atrocities himself. 

[Staysafebro]

Does our beloved diva Deepika Padukone still support her best friend Asia Argento?

Wonder why the feminists are quiet now 🤔 

[Demigod]

nenu kuda surprise ayya when this news broke.. Cannes film festival stage meeda antha beebachamaina speech ichina Argento ne ila ayyinda chivariki ani.. but good thing is weinstein lanti vallu light loki vacharu..

[Pekatapaparao]

fuc.k feminist bitches 

[uttermost]

10 minutes ago, Staysafebro said:

Always suspected that the most vocal ones about an issue are actually the guilty ones who commit the crime. Like how those angry anti gays are gays themselves. I guess this is what #metoo movement is all about. Independent intellectual women being sneaky sex perverts. 

I wonder if @uttermost is also like that guy. Angry about caste atrocities, but may be sneakily committing atrocities himself. 

like how a guy who pretends to have deconstructed women inside out, unable to find himself a girlfriend?  :) 

[Staysafebro]

1 minute ago, Demigod said:

nenu kuda surprise ayya when this news broke.. Cannes film festival stage meeda antha beebachamaina speech ichina Argento ne ila ayyinda chivariki ani.. but good thing is weinstein lanti vallu light loki vacharu..

She also emotionally abused Anthony Bourdain man.. vaadi suicide ki kaaranam eme ne. She was in a relationship with Antony but was still seeing someone else. Ivanni independent women cheppe donga kathalu.

[dakumangalsingh]

7 minutes ago, Staysafebro said:

Does our beloved diva Deepika Padukone still support her best friend Asia Argento?

Wonder why the feminists are quiet now 🤔 

paid media someone paid him to say something against asia https://media.tenor.com/images/7e75170c5e39666e8d4bb59a48fc83f6/tenor.gif

 

aina ippudu evadu pattinchukuntad aa muchata appatlo popular ayindii andaru enjoy chesaru ippudu lite

dubsmash/ice bucket challenge or award vapasi

ippudu kiki challenge

 

[uttermost]

I think feminists will question Asia Argento. You can STFU, pretending like you care what happens to women. hehe..

just go be an invisible virgin boi @35 yrs, with your radical theories of what women want.

[Staysafebro]

1 minute ago, uttermost said:

like how a guy who pretends to have deconstructed women inside out, unable to find himself a girlfriend?  

I am already in a relationship but whatever 🤔 

[uttermost]

Just now, Staysafebro said:

I am already in a relationship but whatever 🤔 

yeah sure. like every guy on the internet with an axe to grind on women.

They all have girlfriends, apparently  

[Demigod]

Just now, Staysafebro said:

She also emotionally abused Anthony Bourdain man.. vaadi suicide ki kaaranam eme ne. She was in a relationship with Antony but was still seeing someone else. Ivanni independent women cheppe donga kathalu.

even I read somewhere..but vadu loser laaga suicide chesukunte what can we do.. 

[dakumangalsingh]

3 minutes ago, Staysafebro said:

She also emotionally abused Anthony Bourdain man.. vaadi suicide ki kaaranam eme ne. She was in a relationship with Antony but was still seeing someone else. Ivanni independent women cheppe donga kathalu.

ee story naaku telidu so sad man anthony bourdain chanipoyadu ani telinappudu I didn't feel like eating that day, he showed me how to enjoy and appreciate different cuisines.

[Staysafebro]

3 minutes ago, uttermost said:

I think feminists will question Asia Argento. You can STFU, pretending like you care what happens to women. hehe..

just go be an invisible virgin boi @35 yrs, with your radical theories of what women want.

Good that you are still supporting a paedofile like Asia Argento. I guess it is an inner circle thing with your types. 

1. Sneakily commit the crime

2. Be hush hush about it

3. Accuse someone else of being a criminal

What inspiration you guys really are!! Bravo!!!