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Judge Dismisses Four Claims in Ex-Assistant’s Sexual Battery Lawsuit Against Vin Diesel

Vin Diesel had four claims dismissed in a lawsuit brought by his ex-assistant, but still faces sexual battery and wrongful termination allegations.

Asta Jonasson sued Diesel in 2023 and accused the actor of groping her, forcibly kissed her, and masturbating in front of her in his hotel room in Atlanta in 2010. Per the suit, Jonasson cited California’s AB2777, which, like New York’s Adult Survivors Act, allows some sexual misconduct claims to be filed in civil court regardless of whether the statute of limitations had passed. Following the dismissal, Diesel’s attorney Bryan Freedman told People, “It is unfortunate that a person who worked for the company for less than two weeks 15 years ago in another state is allowed to use the California court system to assert such baseless claims.” He added, “Next, we will present irrefutable evidence that the remaining fictitious allegations alleged herein did not occur and finally end what remains of this maliciously filed lawsuit.”

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