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Asia Argentois speaking out again on the allegations that she sexually abusedJimmy Bennett, saying it was he who “attacked” her during the incident in question.
Her new attorney Mark Jay Heller tells PEOPLE that Bennett, now 22, was the one to initiate the sexual contact between the two in 2013 when Bennett was 17 and Argento was 37.
In astatementreleased Wednesday, Heller says Argento, now 42, was “completely accurate” when she said in a previous statement that she had never had a sexual relationship with Bennett. However, her initial version of events was thrown into question when TMZ published texts in which Argento allegedly admits to having sex with Bennett at the time.
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Heller tells PEOPLE Argento is now “very pleased” to clarify the misinterpretation of her statement when she said there was no “relationship.”
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“He insisted on this payment and she was very against it but respected his decision,” Heller explains. “But now that he’s unfortunately passed on, she does not intent to promote or permit any further money to be paid to [Bennett].”
Bennett claimed in the documents that Argento kissed him before performing oral sex on him and engaging in intercourse at the Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey, California, according to theTimes.
“The public knows nothing, only what NYT wrote. Which is one sided,” she allegedly wrote in the text, according to TMZ. “The horny kid jumped me.”
source: people.com
