Steven Seagal accused of sex trafficking and sexual assault
Wednesday April 14 2010
Steven Seagal, the action movie star, used one woman as a âsex toyâ and kept others who were on call 24 hours a day to satisfy his desires, according to a former employee.
Kayden Nguyen, 23, a former model, has filed a ÂŁ650,000 (âŹ735,000) lawsuit against the star of Under Siege and Exit Wounds.
Miss Nguyen claims she was treated as a âsex toyâ and was sexually assaulted three times after applying to be his personal assistant.
The 58-year-old is also said to have kept two Russian âattendantsâ who were on call 24 hours a day to satisfy his demands.
Miss Nguyen alleges she was hired by Seagal as an âexecutive assistantâ after answering a job advertisement placed on Craigslist in February.
She claims that within a few days of starting Seagal told her that his wife âwouldnât careâ if she was âhis loverâ.
Miss Nguyen was flown by private jet to the actorâs home in a remote rural area near New Orleans, Louisiana.
She claims that over the next five days, she was sexually assaulted three times by Seagal.
She says that during her first night on the job, Seagal demanded a âmassageâ and then proceeded to âtreat Ms. Nguyen as his sex toyâ.
The suit alleges that Seagal and his co-workers with the production company ignored her repeated complaints and the assaults continued, including a âvicious sexual attackâ on the second night.
Miss Nguyen claims she fled the house in a taxi on Sunday, February 28, under the pretence of meeting family members.
She was so much âin fear for her personal safety that she left behind everything that she owned, including her car keys, her laptop, her clothes and hundreds of dollars worth of make-up.â
The lawsuit adds that employees of Seagalâs production company refused to return her property because she would not sign a release promising not to sue for the sexual assaults.
As support for the claims, the lawsuit states that Seagal has a âunique physiological reaction to sexual arousal,â which could be corroborated by the other âattendantsâ.
Before being hired by Seagal, Miss Nguyen was an aspiring model, was enrolled in college and hoped to become an air traffic controller, the suit states.
Seagal is being sued for sexual harassment, illegal trafficking of females for sex, failure to prevent sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination and false representation about employment.
On Tuesday his lawyer said: âThe lawsuit filed by Kayden Nguyen is a ridiculous and absurd claim by a disgruntled ex-employee who was fired.â