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   Mira Sorvino, one of the women who spearheaded the #MeToo   
   Movement, has spoken out about the recent allegation that   
   Italian actress Asia Argento sexually assaulted a young male   
   actor and secretly paid him off.   
      
   On Wednesday morning, Sorvino, one of the dozens of women to   
   accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, took to Twitter to   
   express her reaction to the Argento news after returning from   
   "several weeks abroad."   
      
   "I have been heartsick over the recent allegations against Asia   
   Argento. Time will clarify things and perhaps she will be   
   exonerated, but if true, there is no lens that makes it better,"   
   Sorvino's statement read. "Child sexual assault is a heinous   
   crime and is against all that I and the #MeToo movement stands   
   for. I remain dedicated in the fight for all victims and change   
   the culture that encourages the abuse of power in sexual   
   relationships."   
      
   Ashley Judd, left, and Mira Sorvino arrive at the Oscars on   
   Sunday, March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.   
   (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)   
   Ashley Judd, another #MeToo spear-header and Mira Sorvino at the   
   2018 Academy Awards.  (AP)   
      
   She added that she hopes "it is not true."   
      
   On Sunday, The New York Times published an article claiming that   
   Argento had set up a sexual encounter with 17-year-old actor,   
   Jimmy Bennet, back in 2013. A relationship between the 37-year-   
   old actress and the young actor would be considered illegal in   
   the state of California where the age of consent for the state   
   is 18.   
      
   The article went on to claim that Argento paid Bennett $380,000   
   after his lawyers threatened to sue the actress for sexual   
   assault. The paper also obtained a photograph dated May 9, 2013   
   that showed the two lying in a bed together.   
      
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   Since the news of the scandal broke, Argento, who like Sorvino,   
   was one of the first women to speak out about her sexual assault   
   experience with Weinstein, denied the claims in a statement   
   released on Tuesday.   
      
   In the statement, the actress said that she was linked to   
   Bennett by “friendship only” which ended when he made “an   
   exorbitant request of money” amid financial problems. Argento   
   said her then-boyfriend, late celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain,   
   decided to pay Bennett.   
      
      
   “Antony [sic] insisted the matter be handled privately and this   
   was also what Bennett wanted. Anthony was afraid of the possible   
   negative publicity that such person, whom he considered   
   dangerous, could have brought upon us,” she said. “We decided to   
   deal compassionately with Bennett’s demand for help and give it   
   to him. Anthony personally undertook to help Bennett   
   economically, upon the condition that we would no longer suffer   
   any further intrusions in our life.”   
      
   Despite denying she engaged in a sexual relationship with the 17-   
   year-old actor, TMZ obtained texts and screenshots that showed   
   Argento appearing to admit to a friend that she and Bennet did   
   have sex.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/08/22/mira-sorvino-   
   says-shes-heartsick-over-asia-argento-sexual-assault-   
   allegations.html   
        
      
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