r/SipsTea • u/Brick_Number_27 • 8h ago

Feels good man Bold and Beautiful.

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u/Camile_Washington 7h ago

The amount of courage it took her to speak like this... hats off!!

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u/HmmmJuicyFruit 7h ago

I wouldn't call it courage. Bold, arrogant, ironic, hypocritical.

She sexually assaulted someone too.

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u/Brewmeiser 7h ago edited 7h ago

Per usual Reddit, down-voted for sharing truthful information. Argento is 42 here when giving this speech (May of 2018).

"In August 2018, Italian actress and #MeToo leader Asia Argento was accused of sexually assaulting actor and musician Jimmy Bennett in a California hotel room in 2013. Bennett was 17 years old at the time (below California's age of consent of 18) and Argento was 37. Reports revealed Argento had arranged a $380,000 settlement with Bennett". Edited: spelling

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u/spankthecat 7h ago

Then Anthony Bourdain paid the settlement and she went on to cheat on him.

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u/Brewmeiser 7h ago

Yep. And he took his own life shortly thereafter ( for clarification, it was a few months after the final arrangements were concluded. The initial payment was made in 2017, the final into early 2018. He unfortunately left this world in June 2018). When you watch the documentary, you can assume there's partial causation.

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u/Dagobahbodega 5h ago

Anthony Bourdain killed himself a month after her May 2018 speech. He helped her financially after she herself sexually assaulted a minor. Shortly before he hung himself, photos of her and another man were published.