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Asia Argento, Who Accused Weinstein, Made Deal With Her Own Accuser
The Failing New York Times ^ | 8/19/2018 | Kim Severson

Posted on 08/19/2018 7:01:23 PM PDT by Beave Meister

The Italian actress and director Asia Argento was among the first women in the movie business to publicly accuse the producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. She became a leading figure in the #MeToo movement. Her boyfriend, the culinary television star Anthony Bourdain, eagerly joined the fight.

But in the months that followed her revelations about Mr. Weinstein last October, Ms. Argento quietly arranged to pay $380,000 to her own accuser: Jimmy Bennett, a young actor and rock musician who said she had sexually assaulted him in a California hotel room years earlier, when he was only two months past his 17th birthday. She was 37. The age of consent in California is 18.

That claim and the subsequent arrangement for payments are laid out in documents between lawyers for Ms. Argento and Mr. Bennett, a former child actor who once played her son in a movie.

The documents, which were sent to The New York Times through encrypted email by an unidentified party, include a selfie dated May 9, 2013, of the two lying in bed. As part of the agreement, Mr. Bennett, who is now 22, gave the photograph and its copyright to Ms. Argento, now 42. Three people familiar with the case said the documents were authentic.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: anthonybourdain; argento; asiaargento; bennett; brianfallon; california; harveyweinstein; hollyweird; hollywood; jimmybennett; keithellison; kimseverson; meetoo; metoo; minnesota; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nyt; pederasty; pedophile; pedophilia; sexualassault; tomperez; weinstein
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To: montag813
Argento in 2013

41 posted on 08/20/2018 11:58:51 AM PDT by Subcutaneous Fishstick Blues
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To: montag813

not, not, never, guilty.


42 posted on 08/20/2018 12:00:41 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: Maverick68

That’s certainly one opinion. By the way 17 is not “underage” everywhere.


43 posted on 08/20/2018 12:01:56 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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To: Tailback

I would make that 500 to 1000 thousands at least

The system has well leveraged the madness of women to makensur6e we would all stay peasants paying interest rates to masters while getting zero from a savings account


44 posted on 08/20/2018 8:00:49 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Beave Meister

blame the dead guy.

https://pagesix.com/2018/08/21/asia-argento-denies-sexual-assault-says-payoff-was-anthony-bourdains-idea/?_ga=2.167696510.1916629897.1534790380-113168913.1531083964


45 posted on 08/21/2018 9:25:03 AM PDT by SMGFan ( .)
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To: Beave Meister

She is one nasty angry woman.


46 posted on 08/21/2018 9:25:59 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Beave Meister; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; GOPsterinMA

Oh such irony. I’ll not shed a tear for her.

But come on, how ridiculous. A 17 year old man was “raped” by a woman? Is he gay? This is not a 14 year old and his teacher, there is no crime here, they went to a hotel and banged, he wanted and enjoyed it, probably fantasizing about it since he hit puberty, and unless the slut gave him an STD it didn’t harm him in any way.

Brilliant use of blackmail by the little twerp, taking advantage of California’s silly law that criminalizes a biologically adult male having sex with a woman.


47 posted on 08/21/2018 9:49:36 PM PDT by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: Impy

Frankly, I love seeing these phonies hoisted on their own petard.


48 posted on 08/21/2018 9:53:33 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: Impy; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; stephenjohnbanker; DarthVader; KC_Lion

I don’t disagree with anything you wrote Impy, but, the hypocrisy here is too rich: The loudest cryer is in reality herself as bad if not worse than Sweinstein.

She fantasized about this guy back when he was a child...CAN YOU IMAGINE IF A MALE DID THAT?!?!?!?

The result would be an SUV episode combined with the last 10 minutes of Rambo 4 unleashed on the perp.

In the end - let all the Hollyweirdos eat each other up. Works for me.


49 posted on 08/22/2018 6:40:52 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: Impy
Yeah, I'm not sure how he was "sexually assaulted" by that, unless he's gay and recoils in horror at getting some hot vajaja:


50 posted on 06/14/2021 8:24:56 AM PDT by BillyBoy ("States rights" is NOT a suicide pact.)
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To: GOPsterinMA; Impy

I have to admit I get some schadenfreude at seeing one of the most outspoken #metoo celebs ending up the receiving end of the monster they helped create.

But still, its similar to how I enjoyed watching Mark Kirk being unable to say anything critical of Tammy Suckworthless’s awful record because she hid behind “How DARE you QUESTION my patriotism when I lost my legs SERVING our country!” shield. Kirk himself had spent his entire political career using his “decorated military veteran who risked his life SERVING his nation and protect US” to deflect any criticism and cover up his crappy voting record, so it was great seeing him get a dose of his own medicine.

But was the end result good? Nope, just made things worse...


51 posted on 06/14/2021 8:37:35 AM PDT by BillyBoy ("States rights" is NOT a suicide pact.)
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To: BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA

Am I caught in a time warp? I sure wish it was still 2018. ;)


52 posted on 06/15/2021 12:09:27 AM PDT by Impy ("Burn them all!!" - King Aerys II Targaryen, I share the sentiment )
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To: BillyBoy; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale

That whole thing was just another step towards the ultimate goal of the total political, economic and cultural dissolution of the USA.


53 posted on 06/15/2021 10:24:14 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: BillyBoy; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; KC_Lion; LS

Colbert flat out sucks:

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-breaking-of-stephen-colbert/

So now Maher and Stewart are members of the “Broken Clock Club”. That’s nice.

None of them can hold a candle to Johnny Carson in ANY manner.

@LS: Great article on uncoverdc.com.


54 posted on 06/16/2021 9:58:34 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: BillyBoy; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; NFHale; KC_Lion

This sizzles:

https://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=24117


55 posted on 06/16/2021 10:49:54 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

I watched a little bit of his shtick pretending to be Bill O’Rielly and predicted he would struggle without that.


56 posted on 06/16/2021 11:20:39 PM PDT by Impy ("Burn them all!!" - King Aerys II Targaryen, I share the sentiment )
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To: GOPsterinMA

Frigging Jay Leno is a legend compared to these pigs. Colbert, Fallon, that jerk James Corden, Kimmell.


57 posted on 06/16/2021 11:21:49 PM PDT by Impy ("Burn them all!!" - King Aerys II Targaryen, I share the sentiment )
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To: GOPsterinMA

Very insightful

“Without it, if the Cold War had never happened, America probably would have descended into anarchy and civil war by middle of the 20th century. The threat of thermonuclear annihilation forced the responsible to keep the unstable in their cages.”

Yup. Shit happening now would have occurred by the 70s.


58 posted on 06/16/2021 11:34:26 PM PDT by Impy ("Burn them all!!" - King Aerys II Targaryen, I share the sentiment )
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To: Impy

“All in one reply”.

I’ll see if I can find the clip online. It’s too late anyway, Johnny.

Letterman was good until he got passed over for Leno. Then his inner soullessness REALLY came out.

Leno? Eh.

I haven’t seen any of the current crew, except for a couple Kimmel clips I’ve watched. He’s supposedly 1/2 Italian. Eh. He’s all as*wipe.

“ Yup. Shit happening now would have occurred by the 70s.”

Yes. The seeds that were sown in the 60s should have grown into poison trees bearing poison fruit by then.

“I remember the scene where she burns herself with a cigarette.”

Yes. It was inspirational...


59 posted on 06/17/2021 12:40:45 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Thanks!


60 posted on 06/17/2021 8:13:17 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix) )
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