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Will China's far dark side of Moon landing launch a new space race? Chang'e 4 rover touch on lunar! - Duration: 12:27.
A spindly-looking silver robot with a satellite dish for a head is exploring places never
seen up close before by humans.
Named after the pet rabbit belonging to the mythical Chinese lunar goddess Chang'e, the
Yutu 2 rover is making history as it sends back images and other data from the far side
of the moon.
The rover touched down, delivered to the moon by the Chang'e 4 probe, a historical first
for humankind -- the far side of the moon has not previously been visited -- and a major
achievement for China's increasingly impressive space program.
This landing is the first time humanity has landed anything on Earth's natural satellite
since 2013.
Its success "opened a new chapter in humanity's exploration of the moon.
China Daily, a state-run newspaper, featured a large photo of scientists at the Beijing
Aerospace Control Center reacting to the touchdown, alongside one of the first images sent back
by Chang'e 4 of the moon's far side.
Reacting on Twitter, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine called it a "first for humanity
and an impressive accomplishment!"
Keeping that in mind in this video, Engineering Today will discuss about China's far side
of the moon mission with achievements in space.
Will China's moon landing launch a new space race?
So, Lets get started.
Like the U.S. and Russia, the People's Republic of China first engaged in space activities
during the development of ballistic missiles in the 1950s.
While they did benefit from some assistance from the Soviet Union, China developed its
space program largely on its own.
Far from smooth sailing, Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution disrupted
this early programs.
The Chinese launched their first satellite in 1970.
Following this, an early human spaceflight program was put on hold to focus on commercial
satellite applications.
In 1978, Deng Xiaoping articulated China's space policy noting that, as a developing
country, China would not take part in a space race.
Instead, China's space efforts have focused on both launch vehicles and satellites - including
communications, remote sensing and meteorology.
This does not mean the Chinese were not concerned about the global power space efforts can generate.
In 1992, they concluded that having a space station would be a major sign and source of
prestige in the 21st century.
As such, a human spaceflight program was re-established leading to the development of the Shenzhou
spacecraft.
The first Chinese astronaut, or taikonaut, Yang Liwei, was launched in 2003.
In total, six Shenzhou missions have carried 12 taikonauts into low earth orbit, including
two to China's first space station, Tiangong-1.
In addition to human spaceflight, the Chinese have also undertaken scientific missions like
Chang'e 4.
Its first lunar mission, Chang'e 1, orbited the moon in October 2007
and a rover landed on the moon in 2013.
China's future plansinclude a new space station, a lunar base and possible sample return missions
from Mars.
China was late to the space race -- it didn't send its first satellite into orbit until
1970, by which time the US had already landed an astronaut on the moon -- but it has been
catching up fast.
While the reaction to 3rd January landing in China -- where economic concerns are becoming
increasingly pressing amid an ongoing trade war with the US -- was more limited than for
the previous lunar mission, the success of Chang'e 4, and the global acclaim it has brought,
will be a significant boost to the Chinese space program.
That program will need all the support it can get in coming years as it attempts to
realize ambitions that are, appropriately, stratospheric.
Speaking to astronauts aboard the Shenzhou 10 spacecraft by video link in 2013, Chinese
President Xi Jinping said "the space dream is part of the dream to make China stronger."
"The Chinese people will take bigger strides to explore further into the space," he added.
Under Xi's leadership, China has invested billions in building up its space program,
even as it asserted its influence back on Earth more aggressively and pursued the "great
rejuvenation of the Chinese nation."
The first stage of China's space dream largely takes place in our planetary neighborhood.
In 2020, the next lunar mission, Chang'e 5, is due to land on the moon, collect samples
and return to Earth, while preliminary plans are underway for a manned lunar mission in
the 2030s.
If successful, China would become only the second country, after the US, to put a citizen
on the moon.
Beijing is also spending big on the Tiangong program, a precursor to a permanent space
station it plans to launch either this year or next.
The Tiangong 2 space lab has been in orbit for over two years, and is due to return to
Earth in a controlled destruction in July 2019.
"Our overall goal is that, by around 2030, China will be among the major space powers
of the world," Wu Yanhua, deputy chief of the National Space Administration, said in
2016.
But despite these big steps forward, China still has a long way to catch up in the space
race.
As Chang'e 4 was preparing to descend to the lunar surface, NASA sent back photos of Ultima
Thule, the first ever flyby of an object in the Kuiper Belt, a collection of asteroids
and dwarf planets a billion miles beyond Pluto.
One achievement could see China leapfrog the US, however, and make history in the progress:
landing an astronaut on Mars.
Speaking to state TV after lunar landing, Wu Weiren, the mission's chief designer, said
it was "human nature to explore the unknown world."
Since 1972, that exploration has largely been carried out by robots.
Not since Gene Cernan climbed on board the Apollo 17 lunar module to return to Earth
has humanity stepped foot on anything outside our planet.
There is a very good reason for this.
Robots are cheaper and longer lasting, and can carry out the same observations and experiments
as a human astronaut.
Most importantly, they don't die -- no one wants to be the first country to leave a corpse
on the moon.
This isn't to say the manned lunar missions were useless -- they provided key information
on how humans can survive in space, as well as potential dangers and challenges, which
helped lead to significant scientific advancements.
Those advancements will be key in delivering a person to Mars, a far, far harder task.
China will make its first visit to Mars with an unmanned probe set to launch by the end
of next year, followed by a second mission that would include collection of surface samples
from the red planet.
China's space program is about more than just bragging rights for Beijing.
The moon plays host to a wealth of mineral resources, including rare earth metals (REM)
used in smartphones and other modern electronics.
China already dominates the global supply of REM, and exclusive access to the moon's
supply could provide huge economic advantages.
In addition to REM, the moon also possesses a large amount of Helium-3, a rare element
which can be used for nuclear fusion.
According to the European Space Agency (ESA), "it is thought that this isotope could provide
safer nuclear energy in a fusion reactor, since it is not radioactive and would not
produce dangerous waste products."
Ouyang Ziyang, a prominent Chinese space scientist and one of the drivers of its lunar program,
has long advocated for Helium-3 mining as a reason for moon missions.
Each year three space shuttle missions could bring enough fuel for all human beings across
the world.
The most notable feature of the Chinese space program, especially compared to the early
American and Russian programs, is its slow and steady pace.
Because of the secrecy that surrounds many aspects of the Chinese space program, its
exact capabilities are unknown.
However, the program is likely on par with its counterparts.
In terms of military applications, China has also demonstrated significant skills.
In 2007, it undertook an anti-satellite test, launching a ground-based missile to destroy
a failed weather satellite.
While successful, the test created a cloud of orbital debris that continues to threaten
other satellites.
The movie "Gravity" illustrated the dangers space debris poses to both satellites and
humans.
In its 2018 report on the Chinese military, the Department of Defense reported that China's
military space program "continues to mature rapidly."
Despite its capabilities, the U.S., unlike other countries, has not engaged in any substantial
cooperation with China because of national security concerns.
In fact, a 2011 law bans official contact with Chinese space officials.
Does this signal a new space race between the U.S. and China?
As a space policy researcher, I can say the answer is yes and no.
Some U.S. officials, including Scott Pace, the executive secretary for the National Space
Council, are cautiously optimistic about the potential for cooperation and do not see the
beginning of a new space race.
NASA Administrator Jim Brindenstine recently met with the head of the Chinese space program
at the International Astronautical Conference in Germany and discussed areas where China
and the U.S. can work together.
However, increased military presence in space might spark increased competition.
The Trump administration has used the threat posed by China and Russia to support its argument
for a new independent military branch, a Space Force.
Regardless, China's abilities in space are growing to the extent that is reflected in
popular culture.
In Andy Weir's 2011 novel "The Martian" and its later film version, NASA turns to China
to help rescue its stranded astronaut.
While competition can lead to advances in technology, as the first space race demonstrated,
a greater global capacity for space exploration can also be beneficial not only for saving
stranded astronauts but increasing knowledge about the universe where we all live.
Even if China's rise heralds a new space race, not all consequences will be negative.
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That dude's moves, look!
Go down!
And you, go down!
I made it! Noooooo
Hello, my dears and welcome to a new episode of Dark Souls 3
Today we're going towards the castle behind me
It looks like it's guarded by some....
Flying dill???
But let's get to business.
Also, thanks for subscribing, liking, sharing, commenting so far.
Let's get to work!
As you can hear, this place is a lot quieter
since we treated the dragon, suffering from
eczema to his left ankle of his right foot.
I managed to open that gate.
I've gathered all the remaining items around here.
But first, let's check if these knights are dead indeed!
Straight at him, ah he's coming toward me, watch this.
Calm down dude, you're hitting your friend as well, don't be an asshole.
What an intense beginning.
But, how did this skeleton die, I wonder.
Wait, I need to hit this guy.
Nope! Heheeee
I'm outta here!
Gonna go recover, my dears.
Move!
Look at them running. Come, pal.
Right, who's first? Him.
I'm gonna parry him, I'll show you guys how to parry.
Try again!
Eh?
Straight in the skull!
Lol, I kept missing.
What a great start.
Ok, sorry about that.
"Dark Souls 3 player"
"Serious replies only"
Remember those newspaper ads, based on the same template?
"Serious replies only!"
"Looking for wealth, and security
"with some man on the side"
"Serious replies only!"
Great, he's ringing the bell again....
"bless everyone, everyone heal..."
Come here!
Good luck, dude, with that heal
cause I've got the skill!
He's healed!
oh wait! I think I've disabled "Lock target" I need to switch it back on from the menu.
Parry!
Parried.
This fight is lost, folks.
Reset!
Running back home after getting my ass kicked.
"Go back to your Mommy"
Alright, we're ready!
Come!
He's getting healed as he's running down the stairs, look.
He's after me!
A promising start.
to exploring this knight's bone marrow with my axe!
Alright, healing guy, was it you?
What u gonna do? Heal me?
He's hiding!
I wonder where he went. Dude?
Where are you man?
Ah, there you are!
Heal!
"Let me drink!"
This line must be patented!
Need to change my shield.
If you could wait for me, that would be very nice of you!
He running!
Let me dr-WAIT I didn't want to drink!
Alright, oy!
Indeed.
Getting better and better, folks.
But what's happening here?
This "resting place".
I wonder how I'm gonna translate this.
The "Forever place"?
Fake walls, no?
No fake walls...
Such vandalism!
Boss.
Not now, later, I promise.
First, we need to explore more.
It's too quiet.
Silence, rules this place.
We're breaking the silence here.
Where do I go-ITEM!
Trap!
Safely open this.
So far, so extraordinarily good.
uuuu
Maybe it's not worth it.
Fake wall! Look!
Ah....
Nice one, Dark Souls....
I might die.
I should check for any entrance to the window.
Let's see.
Don't feel like jumping with extra 140kg of armour on me.
We might have to do the Boss.
A lift that actually works, dears!
But where does it go?
Ah I think I know.
Might be the optional area with another Boss.
Hmm, we could do that.
But, what's this??
Aaahhh.... I seeee....
hehehhee, Gonna spit down from here.
We're doing absolutely great!
Door!
It's locked, what a surprise.
I would have never thought.
Did u hear that?
Aaaah!
A-Haaaaaa
Good luck with that.
100 arrows.
Actually, it's decent damage.
Keep doing damage!
I'm doing ASMR, look.
Almost!
Heheeey, what did you drop?
So easy, would have never thought.
Great, on the rooftops, I wonder what awaits.
There they are!
Mkay..
Sebi, the Skeleton!
Sebi, come here.
Sebi.
He's got an axe like mine, look.
But mine goes better through your skull!
They go me.
No worries, folks.
Done.
Go play in your Mom's back garden.
Go down.
*Fly like an eagle Let my spirit carry me"
*I want to fly*
And you! Go down.
*Fly right into the future*
It's too quiet. Listen.
Way too quiet.
Did you hear that?
What's that?
"Do not destroy the Museum's furniture"
I'm so scared, what you gonna do to me?
What u gonna do?
Um, you're gonna kill me!
Or let me drink!
Noooo, sweetheart!
From behind!
From the other back.
Wow, daddy's got some damage.
Poppy Daddy.
Cast a spell or something, so I can drink.
Exactly, now come here.
At the table.
Dodge!
Give me your leggings!
We're praying. Again??
Great.
Take all of them.
How quickly he joined another cult...
What an INCULT!
Safely open this, like I told you.
The chain is the giveaway.
Please open towards- AH that's why it didn't open!
Cause it had a door latch!
So far, so excellently good, my dears.
Let's die.
I made it!
Noooooooo
*I want to fly like an eagle, to the sea*
*Fly like an eagle Let my spirit carry me*
This is what happens when you roll on a roof top.
He saw me, the Healer!
Lift!
Lift, today if possible??
That dude's moves, look.
*Annie, are you ok? So, Annie are you ok*
*Are you ok, Annie*
*Annie, are you ok? So, Annie are you ok*
*Are you ok, Annie*
*Annie, are you ok? So, Annie are you ok*
*Are you ok, Annie*
*Annie, are you ok? So, Annie are you ok, are you ok Annie?*
To save time for next time...
We need to activate the lift
As soon as we step out, look.
Let me show you..
So, you walk out..
I know what to expect, roughly.
It's gonna be a difficult battle folks.
Since I'm still a rookie handling my axe.
God help me.
Um, a giant dill, with its bodyguard?
Such damage, Daddy boy.
Hehe Daddy boy, not letting me drink...
Leeet meee driiink!
Alright.
Calmly!
Quite low damage.
But why are you
casting stuff, isn't enough for you to kick my ass?
Two moves sequence, alright.
Gonna memorize them, let me readjust m earphones.
Alright.
Come here.
Three moves sequence.
Four moves!
Wait, I've only been drinking.
While you hit me.
How do I approach this Boss, I wonder?
I learned his moves, folks, look!
I learned to dance.
Such damage, dear.
He got me, Marcellus.
Marcellus the Merciful
And Sorin the Flask Drinker.
I've almost
Got him!
I've almost got him! Wait wait! Look LOOK!
Hang on, no no no. wait!
Hold on, I'm coming back.
He's so brave.
Such bravery, look!
Such courage.
Such determination.
Ambition!
Patience!
Such reflexes!
So unlucky!
Such patience, so I can drink.
Did I tell you the Museum joke?
I once went to a medieval Museum.
Displaying a lot of medieval weaponry.
Hang on, I'm getting killed here.
So, I went to this Museum.
They had a range of weapons:
Spears, swords, glaives, axes, basically anything
including BUTTlers.
This fight needs more efforts from the Cameraman!
What an amateur!
Wait, who's throwing with tomato paste and why?
A-Ha, it was him!
*It don't take a lot to keep me moving*
*It's gonna take a lot to make me stop*
*I'm racing to a fire alarm*
*Should slow down but i just can't stop*
*There's something out there i can hear it calling*
*I wanna hold it but im moving too fast*
*Where's the fire?*
*Everybody's always asking me*
*Where is it, baby?*
*Doesn't anybody know? Where's the fire?*
Got him without taking a single hit!
Gotcha hehheheeee
Frustration is eating him on the inside, look!
Look!
What a fight, dears.
There's gonna chants about this intense battle.
This area here, is not for now.
I'm only showing it to you a bit.
Look.
Ummm, not now!
Tomorrow?
That's it for today, folks.
Next time, we're gonna do Grand Archives!
The name of our next area, full of books, wizards, scholars.
Waiting for us with spells, adventures, stories, curses and wax....
You'll see what I mean
and many other cool things, folks.
Til next time, take care.
Don't forget to subscribe, like, share and comment. See ya!
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Тёмная ночь (The dark night) - Олег Погудин - Duration: 4:13.
The night is dark, only bullets are whizzing over the steppe
Only wind rumbles in the wires, and faded stars twinkle.
I know that you don't sleep in this dark night, my lovely,
And you secretly wipe your tears by the cradle.
I love so much the depth of your gentle eyes,
I want to touch them now with my lips!
The dark night divides us, my lovely,
And severe, black steppe was pushed between me and you.
I do believe in you, my dear friend,
This faith prevented me from the bullets in the dark night...
I am glad and calm in this deadly fight,
Because I know that you will show me love, no matter what wrong happens to me.
The death is not scary, we have faced it many times on the steppe.
And even now it circles around me.
You are waiting for me and you cannot sleep by the cradle.
That's why I know: nothing wrong will happen to me!
You are waiting for me and you cannot sleep by the cradle.
That's why I know: nothing wrong will happen to me!
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Stars Whose Dark Secrets Were Exposed In 2018 - Duration: 10:02.
Who wouldn't be interested in the deep, dark secrets of the world's biggest stars?
It's never been easier to keep track of our favorite celebs, or find out things that they
would've preferred to keep hidden forever.
From bad behavior to violent relationships to full-fledged secret cults, these are darkest
celebrity secrets that got unearthed in 2018.
Pooch gets pinched
On October 3rd, Ray Donovan actor Marion "Pooch" Hall was arrested and charged with driving
while intoxicated.
He was also charged with child endangerment.
The actor was reportedly spotted weaving through traffic, driving with his two-year-old son
in his lap.
One witness claimed the child's hands were on the steering wheel.
Police made contact with Hall after his car collided with a parked vehicle.
The actor submitted to a field sobriety test and a breathalyzer test, both of which showed
him to be intoxicated.
According to TMZ, tests indicated that Hall was driving with a blood alcohol level more
than three times the legal drinking limit.
He pled "not guilty" to the charges.
Jeffrey Tambor's on-set madness
Jeffrey Tambor left the series Transparent in May 2018, following accusations of
harassment.
Later that year, a New York Times interview with the actor flew off the rails when the
discussion turned to his history of problematic on-set behavior.
The topic was addressed in a New York Times roundtable discussion with the cast of Arrested
Development.
During the discussion, series star Jessica Walter opened up about Tambor's abusive behavior
toward her on the set, which Tambor himself had revealed earlier that month in a Hollywood
Reporter interview.
While she said that the actor never did anything inappropriate, she did say that,
quote, "Verbally, yes, he harassed me."
She recalled his reportedly volatile behavior through tears, saying,
"In like almost 60 years of working, I've never had anybody yell at me like that on
a set."
Kim Cattrall shuts down SJP
It's been rumored for years that Sexand the City co-stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim
Cattrall don't like each other.
After a nasty interaction between the two in February, those reports were pretty much
confirmed.
It started when Parker offered her sympathies to Cattrall shortly after Cattrall's brother,
Christopher, tragically passed away.
Parker wrote to Cattrall on Instagram, saying, quote, "Dearest Kim, my love and condolences
to you and yours and Godspeed to your beloved brother."
Cattrall promptly fired back with a message of her own, writing, "I don't need your love
or support at this tragic time, Sarah Jessica Parker."
She then elaborated, adding,
"Let me make this VERY clear, if I haven't already.
You are not my family.
You are not my friend.
So I'm writing to tell you one last time to stop exploiting our tragedy in order to restore
your 'nice girl' persona."
Parker did not immediately respond to the very public snub.
Pauley Perrette vs. the 'machine'
After 352 episodes in the role of forensic scientist Abby Sciuto, actress Pauley Perrette
departed the cast of NCIS.
At first, her exit looked like a straightforward goodbye, but then things got sinister.
After leaving the show in May 2018, Perrette fired off some disturbing tweets suggesting
a malicious element had informed her decision to depart.
Writing on Twitter, she said,
"There is a 'machine' keeping me silent, and feeding FALSE stories about me.
A very rich, very powerful publicity 'machine'."
Her post also implied some sort of accusation, ending mysteriously with the phrase, "He did
it."
Perrette did not elaborate on who "he" was.
Instead, she followed the post up with more messages wondering if she was wrong for not,
quote, "spilling the beans."
Later tweets implied that she had not felt safe at work, and referred to bullying and
multiple physical assaults.
She has yet to fully spill the beans on what she meant.
Allison Mack's cult
On April 20, 2018, former Smallville star Allison Mack was arrested on federal charges
that included trafficking, conspiracy, and forced labor.
The indictment alleged the actress was heavily involved in the leadership of a cult called
NXIVM.
The group is accused of exploiting recruits, both physically and for their labor.
The cult, reportedly co-founded in 1998 by a man named Keith Raniere, lured new members
into the group under the pretense of female empowerment, and Mack was reportedly a key
recruiter.
In actuality, the organization involved blackmail, slavery, and ritual acts of branding.
If Mack is convicted, she faces a potential life sentence.
Tommy Lee's family fight
On the evening of March 5, 2018, police pulled up to the California home of Mötley Crüe
drummer Tommy Lee in order to investigate a violent incident.
The following afternoon, Lee tweeted some information about why the police had been
called.
According to Tommy's version of the events,
"My fiancée and I were in bed when my son busted into the room and assaulted me."
According to People, the altercation left Tommy with a bloody lip, for which he received
medical treatment at a hospital.
On March 7, 21-year-old Brandon Lee wrote a statement to People claiming that the unpleasant
skirmish was related to what he called his father's alcoholism.
He insisted that he, quote, "worked tirelessly organizing an intervention, and it's incredibly
upsetting that it never came to fruition."
Apparently, Tommy wasn't very pleased about this version of events getting attention.
Just hours after the People article was published, Tommy fired off a tweet to share his side
of the story again.
The rocker wrote that while he did enjoy a few drinks now and then as part of his retirement,
quote, "I'm happier than I've been in my entire life."
He also strongly contested Brandon's statement to People, writing:
"You didn't arrange any intervention…
Just covering your ass!!"
Meghan Markle: Secret gossip hound?
Meghan Markle is a figure under constant scrutiny.
But of all the supposed secrets we learned about Markle in the year she married Harry,
we have one clear favorite.
The Daily Mail is 100 percent convinced that Markle was formerly the secret author of a
naughty industry blog.
That blog, called The Working Actress, was an anonymously written online diary that materialized
in January 2010 before abruptly stopping in summer 2012.
Its dishy posts chronicled the trials and travails of a hustling young actress as she
navigated the cutthroat world of Hollywood.
The blog included passages about the difficulties of making it, referring to some difficult
nights spent, quote, "curled up in bed with a loaf of bread and some wine.
A one-woman pity party."
In February 2018, the Daily Mail claimed they could officially "unmask" the blog's author,
thanks to tips from what they called, quote, "impeccable sources in California."
The report was later corroborated by author Andrew Morton in the biography Meghan: A Hollywood
Princess, which included The Working Actress in a list of the now-royal's former jobs.
The explosive Heather Locklear
On February 25, 2018, former Melrose Place star Heather Locklear was arrested in her
California home on suspicion of felony domestic violence.
Authorities reportedly arrived at the house after being called in by Locklear's visiting
brother.
A spokesman for the Ventura County Sheriff's Office later said Locklear was arrested because
of, quote, "visible evidence that Locklear had battered her boyfriend."
The actress allegedly proved to be difficult to deal with, fighting with the deputies as
they attempted to arrest her.
The actress, reportedly intoxicated, also allegedly told officers,
"If you ever come back to my house I will shoot you."
Locklear was arrested and taken to a nearby hospital, after which she was ushered to the
Ventura County jail.
According to People, the actress was released less than 12 hours later.
Page Six reported that Locklear was hospitalized later that day after suffering a suspected
overdose.
In September 2018, People reported that the actress was spending her 57th birthday in
rehab.
Thomas Ravenel's violent acts
Prior to 2018, Thomas Ravenel wasn't exactly a stranger to scandal.
According to People, the politician and former Southern Charm star was indicted in 2007 on
federal cocaine distribution charges.
Since then, the politician has gone to great lengths to cement a reputation as something
of a playboy-gone-good, at times poking fun at his hard-partying persona.
In 2018, however, Ravenel's reputation took its most unsavory turn yet.
It started in May with a dark revelation of Ravenel's violent past.
Speaking in an interview with People, real estate agent Ashley Perkins claimed that Ravenel
had assaulted her mother, Debbie Holloway Perkins.
Ashley said the two had met on Tinder, and that he assaulted her on their very first
date.
As if that weren't already troubling enough, Ashley alleged that Ravenel went to great
lengths to cover up the crime with a mountain of money.
According to Ashley, Ravenel gave her mother a sum of $200,000 in return for her signature
on a non-disclosure agreement.
Through his attorney, Ravenel denied every one of the accusations.
That wasn't the only awful news about Ravenel to emerge.
In September 2018, Ravenel was arrested and charged with assault and battery in the second
degree.
The arrest came as the result of a police investigation into accusations of assault
from a former nanny.
According to the woman, the incident occurred in January 2015.
Speaking to People after Ravenel's arrest, the woman said she was not entirely pleased
with the charges Ravenel ultimately received, telling the magazine,
"I feel relief, but I'm not 100 percent satisfied, because he was charged with assault and battery
and the crime extended beyond that."
Asia Argento's secret settlement
On August 19, 2018, The New York Times published a damning report about movie star Asia Argento,
exposing a dark secret that she had spent years attempting to bury.
The article reported that the actress, filmmaker, and MeToo activist had covertly agreed to
pay actor Jimmy Bennett $380,000 after he privately accused her of assault.
Bennett claimed that Argento, whom he had known since he was seven years old, had sex
slept with him while he was still a minor.
The two first met when Bennett was cast as the son of Argento's character in the 2004
film The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things, which was also directed by Argento.
Later, when he was 17 and Argento was 37, Bennett says they had an encounter in
a California Ritz-Carlton.
He claimed that, on May 9, 2013, Argento supplied him with alcohol and assaulted him.
Two days after the report first emerged, Argento released a statement denying the claims, insisting
she was, quote, "deeply shocked and hurt by having read news that is absolutely false."
She assured readers that she had never had a relationship with Bennett, but that
story soon fell apart.
The next day, TMZ published leaked texts that appeared to contradict her statement, with
Argento explicitly acknowledging the encounter.
One message read, quote, "I did it with him, it felt weird.
I didn't know he was a minor until the shakedown letter."
She also attempted to turn the story around on Bennett, claiming instead that she had
actually been the victim of an attack by him.
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