After initially denying reports that she had sexually assaulted, or even had sexual relations, with a former underage co-star, Asia Argento is now on the offensive. In a long, somewhat rambling statement posted to her attorney's website, Argento has now claimed that accuser Jimmy Bennett "sexually attack[ed] her," and calls for a "phase two" of the #MeToo movement. It reads, "Asia believes that all victims, whether or not they have led a blemish-less life, should have the courage to come forward and not be afraid that the abuse that they are complaining of will be colored by any negative dynamics in their history."

The NY Times reported last month that Argento had paid $380,000 to Bennett, who once played her son in a movie, after he claimed that she sexually assaulted him when he was 17 (which is under the legal age of consent in California). Argento adamantly denied they ever had sex: "I have never had any sexual relationship with Bennett," she said in a statement, adding that her late boyfriend, Anthony Bourdain, was involved in the decision to "deal compassionately with Bennett's demands for help," and Bourdain "personally undertook to help Bennett economically."

Argento now says in her statement that wasn't a contradiction—they never had a sexual "relationship," just sex one time. "Her relationship with Bennett was never sexual, but rather the relationship was a long distance friendship over many years," it reads. "As revealed in texts messages published by TMZ, Asia stated 'The horny kid jumped me…I had sex with him it felt weird.' She went on to relate that she became 'frozen' when he was on top of her and he told her that she had been his sexual fantasy since he was 12 years old. Asia chose at the time not to prosecute Bennett for sexually attacking her."

Those text messages published by TMZ were from a conversation between Argento and gender-nonconforming model and activist Rain Dove, and took place after the initial NY Times story on the payment. Dove explained last week why they sent the text messages to police: "An individual admitted to sexual engagement with a minor which is an illegal act that can qualify as statutory rape... As well as such they admitted to receiving continued nude images without reporting/blocking the account/written rejection/or action. When [Argento] made it clear that they were not going to be honest about their engagement, I turned in materials that may contribute towards an honest investigation. All victims deserve justice. Justice can rarely exist without honesty."

Argento has also disputed parts of the NY Times reportage about the $380K payoff: "It was inaccurately revealed that a $380,000 settlement had been paid by Asia to Bennett in an attempt to preclude Bennett form making any allegations against Asia which would certainly create the impression that Asia was responsible for the alleged incident," the statement continued. "Bourdain chose to protect Asia's and his reputation and to pay Bennett and allowed Bennett to extract payments from him... now that Mr. Bourdain has passed away and is not able to comment on his desire to avoid potential scandal which resulted in his facilitating payment to Bennett, Asia will not permit any portion of the balance of the $380,000 payment to be paid to Bennett who has already received $250,000 from Anthony Bourdain."

TMZ reports that Bennett, who is now 22, had been on the fence as to whether he'd cooperate with authorities, but has now decided to file a sexual assault claim against her with the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept. and cooperate with the investigation. Their sources say the tipping point was this statement, in which Bennett is characterized as a drug user, and references Bennett's "unfortunate past, stalled acting career... his desperation to seek money."

Bennett's lawyer, Gordon Sattro, told TMZ, "the attack on my client's character has no bearing on the events that took place on May 9, 2013. These are statements that are meant to intimidate, shame and insult my client."

Below, you can read Argento's (latest) full statement: