The Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen has been accused of sexual assault by a woman who claims he took advantage of her meeting with him years ago.
The accusation comes following claims earlier this year by his daughter that he molested her when she was still a child.
The woman behind the new allegation named Jane claims she was raped by Cohen four years ago and recent reports have confirmed that she had undergone treatment for sexual assault at the time.
Jane says that she met the filmmaker in 2015 in order to talk about working with him on a TV production. According to her, the meeting took place at a cigar lounge after which he changed the venue of the meeting to a restaurant close to his hotel. He had urged her to drink from a wine he had ordered and she states that she doesn’t remember drinking enough to make her pass out but she recalls waking up in Cohen’s hotel room, with him sexually assaulting her. She had jumped out of the bed and had vomited.
Jane said she had informed two people close to her about the incident when it happened. She had made the decision to go public after Cohen’s daughter, Valkyrie Weather, had accused her father of molesting her when she was an infant. Dianna Mitzner, Cohen’s first wife confirmed their daughter’s claims, revealing that she had been a witness to the alleged assault on their child when she was just two years old. Her husband denied the claims, referring to them as “categorically untrue”.
Cohen’s attorney, Martin Singer, responding to the new allegation, said that the story was defamatory and that his client has vehemently denied it.
The recent turn of events surrounding the director doesn’t bode well for his career as there will definitely be consequences in the coming weeks.
Rob L. Cohen (born March 12, 1949) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter. He has produced, developed, and directed several high-profile films, including The Fast and the Furious (2001), XXX (2002), and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008).
