Former Assistant Files Lawsuit , Accusing Vin Diesel of Sexual Assault .<br />NBC reports that a former assistant has <br />filed a lawsuit accusing actor Vin Diesel of sexual <br />assault in a 2010 incident at an Atlanta hotel.<br />According to the lawsuit filed on December 21, <br />Asta Jonasson alleges violations that includes a hostile <br />work environment, retaliation and wrongful termination.<br />The lawsuit also accuses Diesel and one of his <br />production companies, One Race Productions Inc., <br />of failure to prevent discrimination and sexual battery.<br />Through his attorney, Bryan Freedman, Diesel , "categorically denies this claim in its entirety.".<br />This is the first he has ever heard about <br />this more than 13 year old claim made <br />bya purportedly 9 day employee. <br />There is clear evidence which completely <br />refutes these outlandish allegations, Bryan Freedman, Attorney representing Vin Diesel, via NBC.<br />This is the first he has ever heard about <br />this more than 13 year old claim made <br />bya purportedly 9 day employee. <br />There is clear evidence which completely <br />refutes these outlandish allegations, Bryan Freedman, Attorney representing Vin Diesel, via NBC.<br />An attorney representing Jonasson, <br />Claire-Lise Y. Kutlay, said in a statement saying , "what happened to Ms. Jonasson <br />is alarming and disgusting." .<br />The film industry has allowed decades <br />of sexual harassment and sexual assaults <br />by powerful people to go unchecked, Claire-Lise Y. Kutlay, Attorney representing Asta Jonasson, via NBC.<br />It is our hope that this lawsuit <br />promotes change in the industry, <br />and prevents future bad <br />behavior from occurring, Claire-Lise Y. Kutlay, Attorney representing Asta Jonasson, via NBC.<br />The lawsuit also states that Jonasson was required to sign <br />a nondisclosure agreement, which prevented her <br />from publicly discussing anything regarding Diesel.<br />According to the suit, Jonasson felt empowered to speak up <br />by the Me Too movement and is protected by the <br />Speak Out Act, which voids NDAs for victims of sexual assault.
