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Asia Argento, the Italian actress and figure of the #MeToo movement, accuses Rob Cohen, the American director of the films “Fast and Furious”, of sexual abuse, in an interview published this Friday by Corriere della Sera.
The 45-year-old actress and director was one of the first to report sexual abuse in the film world, which helped launch the #MeToo campaign. In 2017, she said that American producer Harvey Weinstein raped her in 1997, when she was 21 years old.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper, he denounced a sexual assault by Rob Cohen in 2002. “This is the first time I’ve talked about Cohen. He abused me by making me drink GHB, he had a bottle, “he said, referring to a drug used by rapists.
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“At the time, I didn’t really know what it was. I woke up in the morning naked in her bed, ”she added, noting that the attack took place when she starred in the film xXx directed by Rob Cohen, alongside Vin Diesel and Samuel L. Jackson.
Asia Argento confirmed the content of this interview to AFP. A spokesman for Rob Cohen has denied the allegations.
“Mr Cohen categorically denies the completely false accusation of sexual assault brought by Asia Argento against him,” he said in a statement sent to AFP.
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“When they worked together, they had an excellent working relationship, and Cohen considered her a friend, so this 2002 accusation is puzzling, especially when you consider what has been said about her in recent years,” he added. he.
Asia Argento was accused in 2018 of sexual assault by American actor Jimmy Bennett for events that took place in a hotel in California when he was 17 years old. She initially denied having sex with him, but later withdrew, although she denied Jimmy Bennett’s version of events.
In response to press reports that she had paid the young American actor $ 380,000, Asia Argento explained that her then-partner, chef Anthony Bourdain, had given her money to “respond compassionately to the request for financial assistance.” by Jimmy Bennett.