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An ex-assistant to Vin Diesel filed a sexual battery lawsuit against one of Hollywood’s most bankable action stars, on Thursday, saying that she had been sexually assaulted by him in an Atlanta hotel room when the fifth “Fast & Furious” movie in 2010 was being filmed.
According to the lawsuit, the ex-assistant, Asta Jonasson, said the encounter took place less than a fortnight after she was employed to work for Mr. Diesel. The actor grabbed her, groped her breasts and forcibly kissed her while she repeatedly said no, the lawsuit said. Mr. Diesel pulled her dress up and moved to pull down her underwear, the lawsuit said, before Ms. Jonasson screamed and ran toward the bathroom.
The complaint said Mr Diesel then “pinned her against the wall with his body, and grabbed Ms Jonasson’s hand and placed it on his erect penis.” When she again refused to engage, the lawsuit says, Mr. Diesel began masturbating while keeping her pinned to the wall.
It was reported that the representatives of Mr. Diesel and his production company, which is also named as a defendant, did not immediately return requests for comment.
Hours after the encounter in the hotel room, according to the lawsuit, Ms. Jonasson received a call from an executive at the production company — Mr. Diesel’s sister, Samantha Vincent — and was told that it no longer needed “any extra help.” Ms. Vincent, who could not immediately be reached for comment, is also named as a defendant.
Ms. Jonasson continued in the lawsuit that all employees of the production company had been required to sign a nondisclosure agreement preventing them from sharing anything related to Mr. Diesel.
“For years, Ms. Jonasson remained silent,” the lawsuit said, “afraid to speak out against one of the world’s highest-grossing actors, afraid she would be ostracized from the industry which had a pattern of protecting powerful men and silencing survivors of sexual harassment and assault, and concerned that as a green card holder that speaking out could jeopardize her potential future citizenship.”
Ms. Jonasson sued under a California law passed in the wake of the #MeToo movement that opened a window for people accusing someone of sexual assault to sue even if the statute of limitations had run out. Her lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, also alleges wrongful termination and retaliation.
Source: The New York Times
好萊塢演員範迪索被指控與其前助理性侵
週四，範·迪塞爾(Vin Diesel) 的一名前助理對這位好萊塢最賺錢的動作明星之一提起了性侵犯訴訟，稱她在2010 年第五部《速度與激情》電影上映時在亞特蘭大的一家酒店房間內遭到了範·迪塞爾(Vin Diesel) 的性侵犯。正在拍攝。
根據訴訟，前助理阿斯塔喬納森 (Asta Jonasson) 表示，這次遭遇發生在她受僱為迪塞爾工作後不到兩週。 訴訟稱，演員抓住她，摸索她的胸部並強行親吻她，而她一再拒絕。 訴訟稱，迪塞爾先生拉起她的裙子，並脫下她的內衣，然後喬納森女士尖叫著跑向浴室。
投訴稱，迪塞爾隨後「用身體將她按在牆上，並抓住喬納森女士的手，放在他勃起的陰莖上」。 訴訟稱，當她再次拒絕參與時，迪塞爾先生開始手淫，同時將她釘在牆上。
據報道，迪塞爾及其製作公司（也被列為被告）的代表沒有立即回覆置評請求。
訴訟稱，在酒店房間發生衝突後幾小時，喬納森接到了製片公司一位高管——迪塞爾先生的妹妹薩曼莎·文森特(Samantha Vincent)——的電話，並被告知不再需要「任何額外的幫助」。 無法立即聯繫到文森女士發表評論，她也被列為被告。
喬納森女士在訴訟中繼續表示，製作公司的所有員工都被要求籤署一份保密協議，防止他們分享與迪塞爾先生有關的任何資訊。
「多年來，喬納森女士一直保持沉默，」訴訟稱，「害怕公開反對世界上票房最高的演員之一，擔心她會被這個行業排斥，因為這個行業的模式是保護有權勢的男人，讓倖存者保持沉默。性騷擾和性侵犯，並擔心作為綠卡持有者，公開發言可能會危及她未來潛在的公民身份。”
喬納森女士根據 #MeToo 運動後通過的加州法律提起訴訟，該法律為指控性侵犯的人打開了起訴窗口，即使訴訟時效已過。 她向洛杉磯高等法院提起的訴訟還指控不當解僱和報復。
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