Paid-Off

From The Hollywood Reporter:

"Asia Argento Denies Alleged Sexual Assault, Says Anthony Bourdain Paid Off Accuser"

Asia Argento on Tuesday morning denied that she ever had a sexual relationship with an underage male in response to a Monday New York Times  report. The Italian actress, who was one of the first to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, was accused of secretly paying off a young male actor who accused her of sexual misconduct in the months after her revelations about the disgraced movie mogul.   Argento said the assault never happened. However, she did say a payment was made to child actor Jimmy Bennett by her then-boyfriend, the late Anthony Bourdain, so Bennett would stop harassing them.  "I am deeply shocked and hurt having read the news that is absolutely false," she said in a statement obtained by journalist Yashar Ali. "I have never had any sexual relationship with Bennett." Argento says Bennett tried to extort her. And rather than having a long, drawn-out battle in the press amid the Weinstein scandal, it was Bourdain who said a payment would be made in order to make the situation disappear, she said.   "This is, therefore, the umpteenth development of a sequence of events that brings me great sadness and that constitutes a long-standing persecution," Argento continued in the statement. "I have therefore no other choice but to oppose such false allegations and will assume in the short term all necessary initiatives for my protection before all competent venues." Now 22, Bennett was a prolific child actor and notably starred as a young James T. Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek reboot. He also had roles in Poseidon, Evan Almighty and Firewall. Argento and Bennett worked together on the 2004 film The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things, which Argento also wrote and directed. Bennett, a 7-year-old at the time, played Argento's son.

^ Maybe that's why Bourdain killed himself. He learned he was with a child rapist. Also the Metoo Movement should be more careful in who they support since those that rape children are not very good role models for anything or anyone. ^

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/asia-argento-denies-alleged-sexual-assault-says-anthony-bourdain-paid-off-accuser/ar-BBMe65H?ocid=spartanntp