Rose McGowan apologizes to Asia Argento for comments on sexual assault

It seems like Rose McGowan has regrets about a statement that she made after her friend Asia Argento was charged with sexual assault by Jimmy Bennett. On Thursday, the actress released a apologetic statement on Twitter, in which she stated that her first comments about Argento contained some inaccuracies – and that she did not think it was her place to comment further on the issue. "I deeply regret not correcting my mistake earlier and apologizing to Asia for not having done so," McGowan wrote.

Bennett's sexual assault charge against Argento was unveiled last month; Argento denied having a sexual relationship with Bennett and stated that it was his late partner, Anthony Bourdain, who had paid a settlement to Bennett. Argento 's lawyer then issued a statement accusing Bennett of being the aggressor. A week after Bennett's allegation against Argento went public, McGowan answered the question with a long statement, saying that she had been "humiliated" by the ordeal.

"I had to distance myself and realize my activism as I struggle with passion – I need to evolve," wrote McGowan, adding that she was supporting Bennett. "What was difficult," McGowan said in August, "was the shock of realization that everything the MeToo movement was defending was about to be threatened … Asia you were my friend I liked you.You have spent and risked a lot to support the MeToo movement.I really hope that you will find your way through this process towards rehabilitation and improvement.Everyone can to be better, I hope you can be too, to do the right thing, to be honest, to be fair, let justice stay on course, be the person you want Harvey [Weinstein] could have been."

Earlier this month, Argento asked McGowan to retract his statement and threatened to take legal action.

In her Twitter statement on Thursday, McGowan noted that in her initial reaction, she thought that the nude text messages received from Bennett by Argento were beginning to arrive when he was 12 years old; In fact, she wrote, they started at the age of 17 – "still legally minor in California, but significantly different from 12 years old".

"I do not think it's up to me to comment further on what happened at the Ritz Carlton at the Marina del Rey hotel in May 2013, except to say that I now appreciate that this is not not what I thought, "continued McGowan. . "In my statement, I challenged why Asia did not act in the same way as any responsible adult if she received sexually explicit messages from a 12-year-old child, which, of course, does not happen. does not apply in the same way. . "

The reaction of Argento was particularly cold. "Although I thank @rosemcgowan for her complete apologies for her unfounded allegations about me, if she had published it earlier, I may have kept my job X factor and avoided the constant accusations of pedophilia that I've faced in real life and online, "wrote Argento tweet. (In fact, Argento was fired from Factor X Italy shortly before McGowan makes his first statement on this topic in August.) "Now go on and live your life and stop hurting others, are you going to see Rose?" continued Argento. "Best wishes."