The Italian actress and director Asia Argento was one of the first women to speak up out about an alleged rape by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. But now she's leaving Italy because she's been "slut-shamed" by the Italian press.
Argento's story, published in the New Yorker, detailed how Weinstein sexually assaulted her in a hotel room twenty years ago, when she was 21. It inspired other women to come forward and tell harrowing accounts of sexual harassment, assault and rape.
Argento has been overwhelmingly praised in the press and social media for her bravery. But in Italy the reception has been quite different. Read more...
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