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   From: woppers@latimes.com   
      
   Asia Argento has responded to actor Jimmy Bennett’s sexual   
   assault claims in a lengthy statement through a new attorney,   
   who adds Argento’s stopping payments to Bennett as arranged by   
   her ex Anthony Bourdain.   
      
   Lawyer Mark Jay Heller denies reports Argento had a sexual   
   relationship with Bennett, claiming, “Her relationship with   
   Bennett was never sexual, but rather the relationship was a long   
   distance friendship over many years.”   
      
   The statement acknowledges Argento’s late ex, Bourdain, entered   
   a $380,000 agreement with Bennett to protect Argento. But, “Now   
   that Mr. Bourdain has passed away and is not able to comment on   
   his desire to avoid potential scandal … Asia will not permit any   
   portion of the balance of the $380,000 payment to be paid to   
   Bennett who has already received $250,000 from Anthony Bourdain.”   
      
   The statement says: “Asia’s courage to originally make the   
   accusations against Harvey Weinstein has not waned … Phase Two   
   of the #metoo movement dictates that the voice of a victim, even   
   one with a history that may be in question, should be heard and   
   she is hopeful that in the Court of Public Opinion it will   
   ultimately be determined that Asia never initiated an   
   inappropriate sexual contact with a minor, but rather she was   
   attacked by Bennett and might even be suffering the fallback of   
   a smear campaign by those already accused who may have a vested   
   interest in their accusers being denied credibility.”   
      
   Bennett’s lawyer did not get back to us by deadline.   
      
   The actor, now 22, has said previously of his allegations, “I   
   was underage when the event took place… I didn’t think that   
   people would understand the event that took place from the eyes   
   of a teenage boy.”   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/09/04/asia-argento-   
   reportedly-wont-pay-sexual-assault-accuser-rest-380g.html   
               
      
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