"It’s difficult to believe a woman can rape a man": Asia Argento's accuser Jimmy Bennett ridiculed on Italian television

The infamous Italian journalist Massimo Giletti claimed it was hard for him to believe that the act was not consensual and that Jimmy Bennett was truly raped by a woman
UPDATED SEP 24, 2018

On his very first television interview after he accused Asia Argento of allegedly raping him when he was just 17, Jimmy Bennett was ridiculed in front of a live audience by infamous Italian journalist Massimo Giletti on his show, 'Non e l'Arena', which translates to 'Outside the Arena'. While Bennett gave out details about the incident which apparently took place back in 2013, Giletti appeared skeptical about the claim. 

Bennett had earlier claimed that late Anthony Bourdain's girlfriend Argento, had sexually assaulted him back in 2013 at a Los Angeles hotel when he was just 17-years-old which is less than California's age of consent (18 years). Bennett claimed that although he was called to discuss a film project, Argento - who was 37 at the time - had offered him champagne the moment they were alone, following which she threw him on the bed and assaulted him. 

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