Author: TooFab Staff / Source: toofab
Asia Argento’s new attorney says she was “attacked by Bennett and might even be suffering the fallback of a smear campaign.”
Asia Argento has decided to stop paying her sexual assault accuser what’s left of the $380,000 agreement arranged by her late boyfriend, Anthony Bourdain.
On Tuesday afternoon, Argento’s new attorney, Mark Jay Heller, released a lengthy statement in which he denied actor Jimmy Bennett’s accusations that Argento sexually assaulted him when he was underage.
“Her relationship with Bennett was never sexual, but rather the relationship was a long distance friendship over many years,” Heller said.
While Heller acknowledges in the statement that his client entered a Bourdain-funded agreement with Bennett, he claims it was only done to protect Argento from “potential scandal.”
“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…
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