Dave Cohen Reporting
CBS News has learned additional details of the allegations against actor and Jefferson Parish Sheriff's reserve captain Steven Seagal.
"She applied for a job as an executive assistant, and when she arrived in Jefferson Parish found out the job she was offered was quite something different, and claims there were at least 3 instances when she was put into a very uncomfortable sexual situation and essentially assaulted by Steve Seagal," CBS Online Executive Editor Neil Katz told WWL First News.
He says the court documents CBS has obtained show former model Kayden Nguyen alleges she was taken to Seagal's home in a "remote rural area of Jefferson Parish." Seagal has been shooting the second season of the A&E TV Show in which he chronicles his police work for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
"She claims that there were two Russian women that worked for Steven Seagal almost as his sexual servants, and her lawsuit describes that she was treated as a sex toy," Katz explained.
The documents claim Seagal told the 23-year-old that his wife wouldn't mind if she were his lover. Nguyen also claims that Seagal placed his hands up her shirt and down her pants, sexually assaulting her over several days at the home in Jefferson Parish. The suit outlines graphic allegations.
Nguyen says that after six days she fled the home as Seagal allegedly chased her with gun.
She never called police.
"We talked to her attorney and he said that she was essentially terrified to go to the police in Jefferson Parish because Mr. Seagal is a deputy in Jefferson Parish, and she felt that there was no way she would get justice at that moment," Katz said. "It's a nagging question in this case, why didn't she go to police at some point?"
Katz says Seagal's attorney, Marty Singer, claims this is a bunch of nonsense, "And that she was in fact a disgruntled employee who was on drugs."
Singer has also been quoted saying the allegations are "ridiculous and absurd."
CBS is checking on claims that Seagal harassed other women.
"We're looking into past allegations against Steven Seagal," Katz said, "There are several instances of people alleging sexual harassment... The most surprising thing that we found... is that Jenny McArthy -the one time playmate and actress- claimed to the Daily News back in '98 that she applied for a role in 'Under Siege 2,' and instead of being asked to act, she was asked to strip."
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