Ex-Assistant Accuses Vin Diesel of ‘Outlandish’ Sexual Assault


Vin Diesel has categorically refuted the sexual violence allegations leveled against him by his former assistant Asta Jonasson.

In response to the complaint filed on Thursday, Diesel’s lawyer, Bryan Freedman, told Vanity Fair that the Fast & Furious star “categorically denies this claim in its entirety.”

Freedman went on to say, “This is the first time [Diesel] has ever heard about this more than 13-year-old claim made by a purportedly 9-day employee.”

The attorney went on to say that “there is clear evidence which completely refutes these outlandish allegations.”

In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Thursday and obtained by Vanity Fair, Jonasson claimed that Diesel “forced himself on her” during the production of Fast 5 in Atlanta’s St. Regis hotel in 2010, after she was hired by production company One Race Films to be his assistant while he filmed the film in Georgia.

He then continued to engage in sexual behavior against her consent after aggressively grabbing and kissing her in the suite.

Samatha Vincent, Diesel’s sister and the head of One Race, allegedly fired Jonasson hours later for opposing Diesel during the assault.