Fast and Furious actor, Vin Diesel is currently facing a sexual battery allegations in a new lawsuit filed by his former assistant.
Popular American actor, Vin Diesel known for his role in Fast and Furious, is currently facing an allegations of sexual battery in a new lawsuit filed by a former assistant.
The lawsuit was filed on December 21, 2023, in Los Angeles, which claims that the incident occurred in a St. Regis hotel suite in 2010 while the assistant was working for the Fast and Furious star during the filming of Fast Five.
According to the plaintiff, Asta Jonasson, she recently graduated from a Los Angeles film school program and was assisting the actor in organizing parties, accompanying him to events, and being in close physical proximity during public appearances after she was contracted by his company.
“The suit alleges that late one night in September 2010, Jonasson was asked to wait in Diesel’s suite at the St. Regis hotel while he entertained hostesses he had brought back from a club. Once the other women were gone, the lawsuit claims, Diesel ‘grabbed Ms. Jonasson’s wrists, one with each of his hands, and pulled her onto the bed.’ She asked him to stop, escaped his grasp, and waited by the front door of the suite for him to leave,” Vanity Fair reported.
She also alleged that Vin once approached her, engaging in unwanted touching of her breasts and kissing her chest, despite her pleas for him to stop.
“Ms. Jonasson was afraid to more forcibly refuse her supervisor, knowing that getting him out of that room was both crucial to her personal safety and job security,” the suit continues.
“But this hope died when Vin Diesel dropped to his knees, pushed Ms. Jonasson’s dress up toward her waist, and molested her body, running his hands over Ms. Jonasson’s upper legs, including her inner thighs.”
“Diesel moved to pull down her underwear, Jonasson screamed and ran down the hallway toward the bathroom, where Diesel pinned her to the wall, placing her hand on his erect pennis, even as she verbally refused. He masturbated while ‘terrified, Ms. Jonasson closed her eyes, trying to dissociate from the sexual assault and avoid angering him.’”
It was also claimed in the lawsuit that Samantha Vincent, Diesel’s sister and the president of One Race, terminated Jonasson’s employment after a tenure of less than two weeks.
The suit also accused the actor of “discrimination on the basis of sex/gender, intentional infliction of emotional distress, hostile work environment, wrongful termination, and retaliation.”
As of now, Diesel has not issued a public response to the lawsuit.