Report: Asia Argento Reached Settlement Deal With Sex Assault Accuser

Argento’s revelations about Harvey Weinstein persuaded actor Jimmy Bennett to come forward with claims against her.

Actress and director Asia Argento reportedly arranged to pay a settlement to a young actor after he accused her of sexually assaulting him when he was 17.
According to The New York Times, actor and rock musician Jimmy Bennett claimed that Argento sexually assaulted him in a California hotel room five years ago. The assault allegedly occurred just two months past Bennett’s 17th birthday. The age of consent in California is 18. At the time, Argento was 37.
Last year, Argento reportedly agreed to pay $380,000 in installments to Bennett, who played her son in “The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things,” a 2004 film she directed and starred in.
The arrangement for payments was laid out in documents, which The Times obtained.



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