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The Fast and the Furious’ Rob Cohen denies daughter’s sexual assault allegation, saying ‘I am in great despair’

  • Valkyrie Weather, born Kyle Cohen, accused the The Hurricane Heist and xXx director of molesting her when she was a two-year-old boy
  • Weather, who is transgender, says Cohen also took her to prostitutes as a teen; father says ‘never ever would I harm any of my children, or any child’

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The daughter of Rob Cohen has accused The Fast and the Furious director of sexual assault. Photo: Alamy

The Fast and the Furious and The Hurricane Heist director Rob Cohen, 69, is the latest Hollywood name to be embroiled in allegations of sexual assault. The accusations, in this case, came from his daughter Valkyrie Weather.

According to a Facebook post, which later appeared on Reddit, Weather accused the prolific director and producer of molesting her when she was two years old, taking her to visit prostitutes in Asia and the eastern Europe when she was under age, and bragging to her about a further sexual assault on an unidentified woman.

“When I was very young, Rob used my body for his own sexual gratification. My mother witnessed one of the assaults when I was between two and two-and-a-half years old, and has since confirmed what she saw,” the 32-year-old wrote in the original post.

In a statement, Cohen categorically denied the allegations, saying, “never ever would I harm any of my children, or any child for that matter”.

“I am in great despair now,” Cohen wrote. “I am certain that my daughter Valkyrie is also hurting. I pray that she will come to know the truth, and that one day in the future, we can all be whole again.”

Speaking with the Post, Weather confirmed that her mother first told her of the assault in April, 2017. That same year, she confronted her father, and says, that since then, their relationship has been non-existent.

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