Asia Argento denies assault allegations, says settlement was Anthony Bourdain's idea
Yesterday, a New York Times report came out claiming that Asia Argento had agreed to pay $380,000 to a young actor named Jimmy Bennett who claimed that she had sexually assaulted him in 2013 shortly after he turned 17. The two met while filming The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things in 2004, and Bennett says they stayed in touch after that up until Argento allegedly invited him to California in 2013, gave him alcohol, and “[initiated] oral and penetrative sex with him.” According to Bennett’s attorney, his “feelings about that day were brought to the forefront recently when Ms. Argento took the spotlight as one of the many victims of Harvey Weinstein.”