Actor Vin Diesel has responded to a sexual battery lawsuit filed Thursday by his former assistant.
Diesel’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said in a statement that his client “categorically denies this claim in its entirety.”
“This is the first he has ever heard about this more than 13-year-old claim made by a purportedly 9-day employee,” Freedman said in the statement, per USA Today. “There is clear evidence which completely refutes these outlandish allegations.”
In the lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles and obtained by the outlet, Asta Jonasson alleged that the “Fast and the Furious” actor sexually assaulted her in the fall of 2010 while filming “Fast Five” in Atlanta.
The lawsuit says Jonasson was hired by the actor’s production company, One Race, to work for him as an assistant, where her role included organizing and attending parties with him and making sure…
