Vin Diesel’s Former Assistant Sues Actor for Sexual Battery, Claims He Molested Her at Hotel in 2010

Vin Diesel’s former assistant has filed a lawsuit against him for alleged sexual assault.

In the lawsuit filed on Thursday in Los Angeles by prosecutor Asta Jonasson, and obtained by PEOPLE, it is claimed that in 2010 at the St. Regis in Atlanta Fast and furious the actor-producer forcibly pulled Jonasson onto the bed, groped her breasts and legs and masturbated. vanity fair was the first to file a lawsuit.

Representatives for Diesel, whose legal name is Mark Sinclair Vincent, did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

According to the court document, Jonasson was hired by Diesel’s production company, One Race Films, to assist the star on location in Atlanta, where his team was shooting the 2011 film. Fast five. It is further reported that several hours after the alleged incident, Jonasson’s employment was terminated by Samantha Vincent, Diesel’s sister and president of One Race.

“It was clear to her that she was being fired because she was no longer useful — Vin Diesel was using her to fulfill his sexual desires and she was resisting his sexual advances,” the lawsuit alleges. “Ms. Jonasson felt like she was a piece of trash that needed to be thrown away.”

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The alleged incident began when Jonasson was alone on a September 2010 night with Guardians of the Galaxy star, who “grabbed Ms. Jonasson’s wrists, one with each hand, and pulled her onto the bed” in his hotel suite.

The lawsuit further alleges that she then went to the apartment’s front door, where the actor “pulled her dress down to her waist and molested her body, running his hands over Ms. Jonasson’s upper legs, including her inner thighs.” The assistant then fled towards the bathroom, where Diesel allegedly pinned her against the wall and masturbated while she verbally refused, the document claims.

“Terrified, Ms. Jonasson closed her eyes, trying to detach herself from the sexual assault and avoid angering him,” the filing claims.

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Jonasson’s lawsuit — which, in addition to sexual assault, alleges sex/gender discrimination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, a hostile work environment, wrongful termination and retaliation — also implicates One Race, which Diesel and his sister founded in 1995.

The lawsuit alleges another inappropriate incident in Atlanta involving a One Race supervisor who invited Jonasson to his hotel room and invited her to bed.

It is further claimed that Jonasson signed a non-disclosure agreement when she took the One Race position, which lasted less than two weeks. Her job reportedly included “hosting parties and accommodating Vin Diesel’s requests, including being in close physical proximity to Vin Diesel when he was at parties without his longtime girlfriend with whom he had children because, he explained, it would provide cover if he was photographed is with another woman”, it says.

One Race Films did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Thursday.

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The plaintiff was able to file the claims thanks to the Speak Out Act, which prevents enforcement of nondisclosure agreements in sexual assault and harassment cases, and California’s AB2777, which temporarily waives the statute of limitations for sexual assault allegations that occurred in 2009 or later.

The documents also specify that Jonasson was inspired to “reclaim her agency and justice for the suffering she endured at the hands of Vin Diesel and One Race” thanks in part to Hollywood’s #MeToo and Time’s Up movements.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.

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