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   CNN has pulled episodes of the late celebrity chef Anthony   
   Bourdain’s show “Parts Unknown” that feature now-disgraced   
   actress Asia Argento.   
      
   Argento, who was dating Bourdain at the time of his death, was   
   featured in two episodes of the show. Both are no longer   
   available on CNN Go, the company’s streaming platform. The   
   episodes will reportedly also not be shown in syndication.   
      
   It recently came to light that Argento allowed Bourdain to pay   
   $380,000 to actor Jimmy Bennett. The actor had sought legal   
   action against the actress for an alleged sexual encounter that   
   took place when he was 17 and she was 37.   
      
   “In light of the recent news reports about Asia Argento, CNN   
   will discontinue airing past episodes of ‘Parts Unknown’ that   
   included her, until further notice,” a spokesperson for the   
   network told Fox News.   
      
   The episodes that feature Argento include Bourdain’s trip to   
   Rome in Season 8 as well as Hong Kong in Season 11, the latter   
   of which she actually directed. As Deadline notes, Bourdain   
   previously called the Rome episode their “most beautiful show”   
   and Hong Kong a “professional highlight.”   
      
   Representatives for CNN did not immediately respond to Fox News’   
   request for comment.   
      
   As previously reported, Argento, a prominent voice in the #MeToo   
   movement that helped bring down disgraced movie mogul Harvey   
   Weinstein, was revealed in a New York Times article to have paid   
   off Bennett. The sexual incident allegedly occurred in a hotel   
   room years ago where Bennett, who played Argento’s son in a film   
   when he was 4 years old, claims Argento gave him alcohol,   
   performed oral sex and then had sex with him.   
      
   Argento denied the allegations, but confirmed that Bourdain   
   offered to pay off Bennett so that the accusations wouldn’t be   
   an issue for her publicly at a time when she was getting a lot   
   of attention for her allegations against Weinstein.   
      
   “My trauma resurfaced as she came out as a victim herself. I   
   have not made a public statement in the past days and hours   
   because I was ashamed and afraid to be part of the public   
   narrative,” Bennett said in a statement.   
      
   In addition to having her episodes of “Parts Unknown” pulled,   
   Argento was axed as a judge for the back half of “X Factor   
   Italy” this season.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/09/02/cnn-pulls-asia-   
   argentos-episodes-anthony-bourdains-parts-unknown.html   
               
      
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