Adult film actor Ron Jeremy facing 20 new sexual assault charges
LOS ANGELES Adult film star Ron Jeremy was charged Monday with 20 new counts of rape or sexual assault involving 12 women and a teenage girl, authorities said. The charges came two months after the 67-year-old Jeremy was charged with the rape of three women and the sexual assault of a fourth. Jeremy pleaded not guilty to the new charges in Los Angeles Superior Court and previously denied the earlier allegations. Jeremy, whose legal name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, has been held in jail on $6.6 million bail since June. The charges include five counts of forcible rape and six counts of sexual battery by restraint.
Adult film star Ron Jeremy charged with rape, sexual assault
FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2008 file photo, adult film star Ron Jeremy attends a Cinema Society screening of "Ghost Town" in New York. Jeremy has been charged with raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourth. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, File)LOS ANGELES Adult film star Ron Jeremy was charged with raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourth, Los Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday. Jeremy, 67, whose real name is Ron Jeremy Hyatt, was charged with three counts each of forcible rape and forcible penetration by a foreign object and one count each of forcible oral copulation and sexual battery. Jeremy, nicknamed The Hedgehog, is among the best known and most prolific actors in the industry's history, with thousands of credits to his name.