IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Vin Diesel has claims dismissed in sexual abuse lawsuit
The Fast & Furious actor still faces allegations of sexual battery and wrongful termination brought by a former assistant. Asta Jonasson sued Diesel in 2023, alleging he had pinned her against a wall in a hotel suite and performed a sex act in front of her. The alleged incident occurred in 2010, which would ordinarily put it beyond the statute of limitations but in 2023 the Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act revived certain expired claims of sexual assault dating back to 2009.
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