Former assistant accuses Vin Diesel of sexual harassment in new lawsuit
According to court documents, Vin Diesel’s former assistant claimed that the actor attacked her in 2010 while filming the Fast and the Furious sequel, Fast Five.
Asta Jonasson claimed in her lawsuit that she was hired by Diesel’s One Race company to assist the actor while he filmed Fast Five in Atlanta. Jonasson alleged that one night she was asked to wait in Diesel’s hotel suite. Upon his arrival, Diesel allegedly grabbed her wrist and “pushed her onto the bed.” Jonasson begs Diesel to stop, successfully came out of his hold, and waits near the door for him to leave.
Diesel allegedly approached Jonasson again touching and kissing her chest.
“Jonasson was afraid to ger fired from work, knowing that removing him from that room was critical to both his personal safety,” court documents read. “But then he collapsed. That’s when Vin Diesel knelt down, lifted Ms. Jonason’s dress to her waist and touched her body.”
Jonasson claimed that she tried to “dissociate” herself from the attack to avoid “angrying” Diesel out of fear for his job security. Jonason further alleged that Diesel’s sister, Samantha Vincent, fired her after several hours.
Jonasson claimed this was not the first time she was sexual harassment
Jonasson, also claimed that she had another inappropriate encounter with an unnamed One Race supervisor a few days before Vin Diesel’s alleged assault. She claimed that her manager called her to the hotel room and asked her to join him in bed, but she refused.
Jonason also accused Diesel of sex/gender discrimination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, hostile work environment, wrongful termination and retaliation. Additionally, she claimed that Diesel and his team tried to cover up the incident.
Diesel is best known for playing Dominic Toretto in the Fast & Furious franchise, which released its tenth part in May.