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Asia Silver, The Italian actress and figure of the #MeToo movement, accuses Rob Cohen, the American director of the films ‘Fast and Furious’, of sexual abuse, in an interview published this Friday by the Corriere della Sera.
The 45-year-old actress and director was one of the first to denounce sexual abuse in the world of cinema, which has helped launch the #MeToo campaign. In 2017 she claimed that American producer Harvey Weinstein raped her in 1997, when she was 21 years old.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper, he denounced a sexual assault by Rob Cohen in 2002. “It’s the first time I’ve talked about Cohen. He abused me by making me drink GHB, I had a bottle,” he said, referring -to a drug used by rapists.
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“At the time, I didn’t really know what it was. I woke up naked in the morning in her bed,” she added, noting that this assault occurred at the time she was acting in the film xXx directed by Rob Cohen, along with Vin Diesel and Samuel L. Jackson.
Asia Argento confirmed to AFP the content of this interview. A Rob Cohen spokesman denied the allegations.
“Mr Cohen categorically denies the completely false accusation of sexual assault that Asia Argento made against him,” he said in a statement sent to AFP.
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“When they worked together they had an excellent working relationship and Cohen considered her a friend, so this accusation dating back to 2002 is baffling, especially considering what has been said about her in recent years,” added.
Asia Argento was accused in 2018 of sexual assault by American actor Jimmy Bennett for events that took place in a California hotel when he was 17 years old. She initially denied having sex with him, but later retracted, although she denied Jimmy Bennett’s version of events.
In response to press reports claiming that he paid the young American actor $ 380,000, Asia Argento explained that his then-partner, chef Anthony Bourdain, had given him money to “respond compassionately to the request for “financial help” made by Jimmy Bennett.