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(CNN) - “Fast & Furious” franchise star Vin Diesel has been accused of sexual battery and creating a hostile work environment in a lawsuit filed by a former assistant.
The civil suit, filed on Thursday, stems from a 2010 incident in which Diesel’s former assistant, Asta Jonasson, alleges Diesel forced himself on her in a hotel suite in Atlanta & masturbated in front of her.
The complaint states Diesel ignored Jonasson’s “clear statements of non-consent,” & after she “screamed & ran towards the nearby bathroom,” he “pinned her against the wall with his body.”
“Vin Diesel categorically denies this claim in its entirety,” Bryan Freedman, attorney for Diesel, wrote in a statement to CNN later on Friday. “This is the first he has ever heard about this more than 13 year old claim made by a purportedly 9 day employee.”
Jonasson is suing Diesel, along with his company One Race Productions & Diesel’s sister Samantha Vincent for sexual battery, creating a hostile work environment, negligent supervision & wrongful termination, among her other claims.
Jonasson claims that Samantha Vincent, the president of Diesel’s company One Race at the time, called her “mere hours” after the alleged assault & “terminated Ms. Jonasson’s employment.”
She is seeking an imposition of a civil penalty of $10,000 for each violation, plus unspecified punitive damages.
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