Vin Diesel has been accused of sexual assault

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A former assistant to Vin Diesel sued the actor on Thursday, alleging that in 2010 he pinned her against a wall in a hotel suite and masturbated in front of her.

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- Variety (@Variety) December 21, 2023
* The allegations emerged in a lawsuit filed on Thursday, which said that

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[lamppost1911]

So many thoughts but it frustrates me to no end when they pull the timeline card. Maybe they didn’t fully process the assault??? Or maybe they (sadly, because women are conditioned to just accept things) didn’t realize it was assault???

[pyro_semi]

Exactly this. At the moment you may not realize what actually happened until you reflect on it.

In 6th grade this kid poked my butt when I was walking and I didn't think anything or it. Many years later I realized how wrong that was of him.

[lamppost1911]

Ugh, I am so sorry. It’s honestly so disheartening how many of us have dealt with sexual assault early on. There’s such a fine line between that and curiosity and it really needs to be dealt with in our formative years but of course society leans more towards the “boys will be boys” narrative. Feels like such a different convo that I’m not well versed in but I stand by it!

ETA: I didn’t mean to say that only boys can be guilty of assault early on, just talking from experience.

[pyro_semi]

Thank you ❤️.

No worries, I knew what you meant. Yeah it's like a kid being mean to the girl he likes but really is only a jerk.

Yeah from the beginning if kids knew boundaries are to be respected and how both have the right to express their discomfort.

I may flirt but unless I tell you a yes don't take that mean you can touch me without permission.

[lamppost1911]

Yeah it's like a kid being mean to the girl he likes but really is only a jerk.

I hate that so much!!

And yessss to your last sentence. Flirting does not mean obligation.

[pyro_semi]

Yep! It's sad how men don't understand this simple statement. Women also don't understand boundaries at times sadly.

FYI I heart your comment because I'm showing suppor BB I don't mean anything bad

[smilla_sini]

A guy who worked in a shop on a street next to my house once slapped my butt and laughed while I was just passing by his shop (I was 17 and I wasn't alone), and my reaction for a couple years was just not to walk on that side of the street, up until the moment the shop moved. I didn't even think about telling anyone because I felt embarrassed. And we never talked about it with my friend who was with me at that moment. Only years later I realized I could actually call the police on him.

[pyro_semi]

I'm sorry 😞 BB ❤️. What an asshole and how is it so common for us to keep quiet and feel embarrassed instead of the other person.

Carry pepper spray or just bitch them out if somebody tries to do that. Sometimes the best thing is to make loud noises and embarrass them.

I had a friend do that on my behalf and she gave me the courage to let the guy have it. He turned around and walked fast.

[smilla_sini]

Yeah, as many people that I know, later we know better what to do and how to react (went through a stalker too, fun times...), wish this knowledge was there when I was younger, but nobody cared to go further than "don't go into the woods alone, there might be maniacs" and "don't ride in the elevator with strangers" - like that was literally all the guidance I've ever received from my family, pure comedy. :/

[pyro_semi]

😞 I'm so sorry.

I think we learn as we go through things and on our own sadly. My family never had those talks with me either.

Books helped me more and also following your gut when something didn't feel right or if you felt unease with somebody.

I ❤️ your comment because I'm showing my support. Don't mean anything bad by it.

[lamppost1911]

The fact that you had to change your life to “accommodate” him….its seriously unfair.

[lamppost1911]

Also lololololl at them using “nine day employee” in the statement like it’s supposed to support him? Gee, wonder why she was a NINE DAY employee.

[skyler_white_yo]

Exactly. If someone said they only worked a job for nine days, my first assumption is that the work environment was so awful that they couldn’t bare to be there any longer.

[progression]

If you read the details at the source there’s no way she thought of this as anything, but assault. So, I don’t think that’s it. I think she has probably thought about this daily for ages, but feared coming forward for obvious reasons. That’s why these legal statements sound so stupid, we KNOW why victims wait (or never say anything).

[lamppost1911]

Ugh, that’s awful. It probably took a lot for her to finally come forward. I just hope she has a good support system.

[gillenvillain]

Or you're scared to say anything or do anything (hello, young me). She got fired. So, yeah a woman going up against a celeb with $$$ and the backing of high priced lawyers and a studio system that also gives zero fucks? Yeah, let's blame the woman for not saying anything at the time.