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Her career is over! No way she can excuse molesting a minor

posted 6 years ago by Olivergbyrne (695)
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So, Asia argento who open the gate for the me too movement and who made a passionate speech about how all predator will be punished at Cannes had sex with a 17 year old she worked with when he was just 7 year old and then she offered him hush money. That is as bad as Kevin Spacey allegation. At least it shows the hypocrisy of some women in that movement as they respond completely differently than when the accused is a man. Rose Mg gowan is like wait for more info, be gentle, she do not even mention the victim's name (Jimmy Bennet) but when the accused is a man she is thirsty for blood, calling names etc.. I think this needed to happen so that the me too movement becomes something truly meaningful that includes victims no matter what is between their legs. I feel terrible for Jimmy Bennet and I believe him 100% . Here is a 17 y old kid who was meeting a woman who knew him since he was seven , he probably saw her as a role model, I do not think he imagined she would serve him alcohol and then have sex with him. Yeah he let it happen but it does not mean he wanted it or enjoyed , he probably happened so suddenly and the fact that the woman who was doing it to him was a mother figure made things messy in his head. But I can only imagined the aftermath, especially if that was his first time. There is no waiting for more info in that situation, she was the adult, 20 years older than him, she was the one in power. Nothing can make this OK. Yes she was still a victim of rape but she is also a pedophile who molested a teen and if she was a teacher and he was a student t a school she would be locked up right away with no question asked. Really disturbing !! She deserves all the backlash coming her way ! That she was a victim herself does not excuse messing with kids head this way. People really need to be behind Jimmy Bennet on this and encourage all boys who were molested by people of power in Hollywood to come out with their story.

[–] Evoken (1408) 6 years ago

Nothing will happen to her, you'll see.

[–] Olivergbyrne (695) 6 years ago

Unfortunately, I think you might be right..Even if the allegation are true.. it seems she just might get away with it . She has a lot of powerful people backing her up.

[–] ProductionNow (1072) 6 years ago

Well, you and I may not do it, but you'd be surprised how many rich people do settle as a way of avoiding the media and hassle of court (like Michael Jackson, who people still insist is innocent). Nobody said the spoiled boy was paid millions. Of course there is sexism towards men with the hypocrisy of "molestation". It's become an epidemic of men being assumed guilty until proven innocent (even then, the damage has been done).
The irony is that this big sensation would not happen in yesteryear when being 17 yrs old was not considered so young, since children today are coddled so much. I realize the law has to draw the age-line somewhere, but 18 yrs old is perfectly legit, but it changes when the "victim" is 17 and 10 months old? Aside from the technicalities of the law, let's hear how the poor 17 yr old was "damaged" in literal terms. And if it was "hush" money, then we shouldn't even know about it, or it's no longer hush money.

[–] AhmadSumadi (54) 6 years ago

I’m an avid TV watcher and, before Bourdain’s death, I’d never heard of her. But why do we so often ignore the fact that many women are molestors as well?

[–] lordbishop34 (1442) 6 years ago

She is more of a movie actress, her father is a very famous Italian director, Dario Argento. She has been acting since she was a child, but internationally her peak was probably XXX (2002) with Vin Diesel.

Even in today's "woke" groups they choose not to see women in a certain way, perpetrators of sexual assault is one of those things. Even though the definition of what sexual assault has expanded too can easily include women at least in the public sense if not entirely the legal sense.

[–] ProductionNow (1072) 6 years ago

Yeah. let's get out lynch-mob mentality in gear and be "outraged"; that's the narcissistic millennial-mindset today. I dont' like this, and I don't like that! First, if it was "hush" money, then it's not longer "hush" if the recipient speaks about it, which makes him as bad as her (if she is guilty). So, it's not enough to receive your hush-money when there are victims who don't receive a cent, then little "Jimmy" decides to he wants more, more, more, like things are a game.
Both plaintiffs and defendants can be liars and lack a conscience, so that you dont' know who is honest and who isn't it. You don't know if he saw her as a role-model; boys don't look at older females as role-models normally. I'm not standing behind either one of them. And, yet, Anthony stays with the woman he loves who supposedly betrayed him with a 17 yr old. You don't even know what pedophile means; learn what words mean before you use them (and it doesn't mean she started recruiting him when he was 7 yrs old to certify she is a pedophile). You're writing the script as you go along.

[–] Olivergbyrne (695) 6 years ago

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

she hasn't had much of a career. she is poison now

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