Asia Argento’s new lawyer has issued a statement which claims she is the victim of a “sexual attack” by her former co-star Jimmy Bennett.
Bennett claimed that he suffered from emotional distress after the alleged incident and consequently saw his income drop from $2.7m to $60,000.
Argento initially denied having any sexual relationship with Bennett, however, text messages reportedly sent by her to model Rain Dove appeared to contradict this.
Dove, who has been romantically involved with prominent #MeToo campaigner Rose McGowan, provided the NYPD with the messages in which McGowan allegedly admitted: “I had sex with him [Bennett].