Vin Diesel is facing a lawsuit from his former personal assistant who claims he sexually assaulted her during the 2010 filming of Fast n Furious 5.
Diesel’s former personal assistant Asta Jonasson in the lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles on Thursday, December 21, 2023, alleges that the sexual assault took place in Atlanta’s St Regis hotel.
She claims the 56-year-old actor physically overpowered her in his hotel suite and pinned her to a wall as he performed a sex act on himself.
The lawsuit states that Vin Diesel ignored Jonasson’s clear statements of non-consent as he groped her.
Jonasson further claims that after she screamed and ran towards the nearby bathroom, the actor pinned her against the wall with his body and performed a sex act on himself.
The plaintiff is also suing Vin Diesel’s sister and his production company. She suing for wrongful termination, claiming his company fired her hours after the alleged attack.
In her lawsuit, she claims that just hours after Diesel sexually assaulted her, she was contacted by the actor’s sister Samantha Vincent – who runs his production company One Race Films – and was fired.
“It was clear to her that she was being fired because she was no longer useful – Vin Diesel had used her to fulfil his sexual desires,” the lawsuit reads.
“Ms Jonasson felt helpless, her self esteem was demolished, and she questioned her own skills and whether a successful career would require her to trade her body for advancement,” it adds.
Vin Diesel through his lawyer denied Asta Jonasson’s claim in its entirety.
The suit against Vin Diesel comes in the wake of various sexual assault lawsuit filed against Hollywood celebrities with rapper Diddy getting the most.
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