Four claims in Vin Diesel sex abuse suit dropped, but numerous allegations remain
The court tossed four employment discrimination claims against Diesel, but not allegations of sexual battery and wrongful termination.
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Vin Diesel successfully landed a legal victory in the sexual battery lawsuit brought by his former assistant, Asta Jonasson. Per Variety, earlier today, Judge Daniel M. Crowley dropped four employment discrimination claims against the actor but upheld allegations of sexual battery and wrongful termination. The suit stems from a 2010 incident in which Jonasson alleges that Diesel pinned her to a hotel wall and masturbated in front of her. Jonasson, who Diesel’s production company hired in 2010, says that she was fired by the actor’s sister hours after the incident, believing he dismissed her because “she was no longer useful” to Diesel and “resisted his sexual assaults.” Jonasson says she did not come forward earlier because she signed a preemptive NDA, which the Speak Out Act prevents the enforcement of in sexual abuse cases.