former child actor who says she sexually assaulted him back in 2013. according to documents obtained by "the new york times," actor/musician jimmy bennett alleges the assault happened in a hotel room two months after his 17th birthday. argento was 37 years owed at the time. they had acted together in a 2004 movie in which bennett played argento's child. msnbc has not authenticated the documents in these allegations. stephanie gosk, what more do we know about the allegations and how this payment came to be? >> it happened, the allegations center around an incident in 2013 when jimmy bennett, 17 years old at the time, the age of consent in california is 18. >> he goes to a hotel of asia argento and he alleges, according to these documents obtained by "the new york times," that he was sexually assaulted by asia argento. now, speed up to the #metoo movement. asia argento comes forward in "the new yorker."