Actress Asia Argento reportedly denied sexual assault allegations levied against her and said that her late boyfriend Anthony Bourdain paid her accuser Jimmy Bennett because the then-couple considered him “dangerous” after he asked for financial assistance. “I strongly deny and oppose the contents of the New York Times article dated 20 August 2018, as circulated also in national and international news,” Argento said in a statement given to reporter Yashar Ali. Argento said her then boyfriend, CNN star Bourdain, decided to pay Bennett. Anthony was afraid of the possible negative publicity that such person, whom he considered dangerous, could have brought up on us,” she said. The Times obtained documents sent between lawyers for Argento and Bennett that laid out a payment schedule.

Source: Fox News August 21, 2018 15:33 UTC