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Asia Argento Accuser Jimmy Bennett Allegedly Got Swindled by His Own Parents

FAME AND FORTUNE

Argento has used the lawsuit, which claimed Bennett’s parents ‘misappropriated’ over $1.5 million he earned as a child actor, against him. But it paints a very different picture.

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Long before Jimmy Bennett reached a $380,000 settlement with Asia Argento over sexual abuse claims, he sued his parents for allegedly taking $1.5 million of his earnings as a child star for their own use.

The suit, filed in 2014, has surfaced again as Argento has tried to offer a coherent...

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