Hollywood actor Steven Seagal has been accused of hiring young women as personal attendants whose real job was to be his "sex toy".

RadarOnline reports former model Kayden Nguyen, 23, has sued the action star for at least $1.08 million, claiming he flew her to New Orleans after hiring her for a personal assistant job but then expected her to be "on call for sex" once she arrived.

Ms Nguyen is suing for illegal trafficking of females for sex, sexual harassment, failure to prevent sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination and false representation about employment.

In the lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court, Ms Nguyen states that Seagal kept two Russian women on staff "who were available for his sexual needs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week" and that she was hired to replace one of them.

The first night she was there Ms Nguyen says Seagal assaulted her by attempting to fondle her bare breasts, forced his hand down the backside of her pants and told her, "You aren't allowed to tell anybody".

In the second assault the next morning Seagal allegedly "forced her legs apart", "forced his hand down her pants" and "forced her to consume illegal pills before he let her leave".

After Ms Nguyen's complaints were ignored, she fled the house in a taxi, at which time she claims Seagal followed her, shining a flashlight with a gun attached to it.