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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 10:11 AM Aug 2018

Rose McGowan Reacts to Report Asia Argento Sexually Assaulted Underaged Actor: 'My Heart is Broken'


by Aidan McLaughlin | Aug 20th, 2018, 9:50 am

Rose McGowan said she is heartbroken by a report that Asia Argento, the Italian actress and a fellow accuser of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, faced her own allegation of sexual assault.

A bombshell story from the New York Times reported Argento paid former child actor Jimmy Bennett $380,000 after he claimed she assaulted him in a California hotel room when he was 17 and she was 37. The age of consent in California is 18.

“I got to know Asia Argento ten months ago,” McGowan wrote on Twitter. “Our commonality is the shared pain of being assaulted by Harvey Weinstein. My heart is broken. I will continue my work on behalf of victims everywhere.”




McGowan and Argento emerged as two of the most prominent faces of the Me Too movement after they accused Weinstein of assault. Those allegations were first revealed in Ronan Farrow‘s New Yorker report about the producer.

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https://www.mediaite.com/online/rose-mcgowan-reacts-to-report-asia-argento-sexually-assaulted-actor-my-heart-is-broken/
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Rose McGowan Reacts to Report Asia Argento Sexually Assaulted Underaged Actor: 'My Heart is Broken' (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2018 OP
Kick dalton99a Aug 2018 #1
Rose McGowen wrote the exact words madaboutharry Aug 2018 #2
I'm glad Anthony Bourdain never learned of this. cwydro Aug 2018 #3
Anthony Bourdain knew of this and helped negotiate the settlement Justice Aug 2018 #4
Good lord. I didn't know that. cwydro Aug 2018 #9
Unfortunately, Sometimes Victims Become Abusers dlk Aug 2018 #5
Her subsequent tweet: demmiblue Aug 2018 #6
can't stand mcgowan or argento. after the way they attacked others JI7 Aug 2018 #7
Bennett is getting roasted on twitter BannonsLiver Aug 2018 #8
There is always a double standard on sexual abuse when it's a male victim Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #12
the Genders ARE different BUT a 20 age gap is a lot. lostnfound Aug 2018 #13
Cognitive dissonance in a nutshell. Oneironaut Aug 2018 #15
i guess this is why she stopped posting on her social media JI7 Aug 2018 #10
Let's be honest: McGowan is unhinged, and Argento is shady AF eissa Aug 2018 #11
+1 uponit7771 Aug 2018 #14

Justice

(7,188 posts)
4. Anthony Bourdain knew of this and helped negotiate the settlement
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 10:49 AM
Aug 2018

Argento’s late boyfriend, Anthony Bourdain — who died of suicide on June 8 — “helped Ms. Argento navigate the matter,” the Times reports,

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/19/us/asia-argento-assault-jimmy-bennett.html
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
9. Good lord. I didn't know that.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 12:10 PM
Aug 2018

My first thought was what a good guy, but on second thought...

JI7

(89,250 posts)
7. can't stand mcgowan or argento. after the way they attacked others
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 11:46 AM
Aug 2018

fucking hypocrites .

they exploited the whole movement to make it only about themselves.

BannonsLiver

(16,387 posts)
8. Bennett is getting roasted on twitter
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 11:54 AM
Aug 2018

Lots of "he loved it" type comments from people while trying to paint Argento as a victim of extortion. Looks like MeToo is eating itself today on social media.

 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
12. There is always a double standard on sexual abuse when it's a male victim
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 12:31 PM
Aug 2018

Male teacher sleeps with 17 year old female- people are disgusted and call justice.

Female teacher sleeps with 17 year old male student- people say how lucky he is and say things like “where were these teachers when I was in school”.

Same exact thing at play here. If you swapped the genders and left every other factor the same the responses would be totally different.

lostnfound

(16,179 posts)
13. the Genders ARE different BUT a 20 age gap is a lot.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 12:47 PM
Aug 2018

That being said there are PLENTY of young women who are attracted to older men because the men their own age seem immature or uninteresting.

These discussions are good for our culture, perhaps, if the culture starts talking and thinking more deeply about sexuality and healthy sexual responsibility. There’s so much selfishness embedded in these stories and far too little respect and empathy.

We are an eighth inch deep with a lot of blind spots, as a culture.

And this new generation sure is different.

Oneironaut

(5,500 posts)
15. Cognitive dissonance in a nutshell.
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 01:59 PM
Aug 2018

It’s hard when someone we admire does something terrible. Our first instinct is to lash out at the victim - what did they do wrong?

This is, ironically, why #metoo is so important. Victims (male or female) are constantly treated the same way - especially when the perpetrator is admired in the community. Everyone wants to cling to the idea they had of the perpetrator, despite that idea being shattered.

JI7

(89,250 posts)
10. i guess this is why she stopped posting on her social media
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 12:23 PM
Aug 2018

for a while. and she is one of those that posts all the time.

eissa

(4,238 posts)
11. Let's be honest: McGowan is unhinged, and Argento is shady AF
Mon Aug 20, 2018, 12:30 PM
Aug 2018

It doesn't absolve Weinstein of his crimes, it doesn't harm the #MeToo movement, it's just what it is. It's a shame Bourdain was involved with this woman in his final days.

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