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Ron Jeremy: Fall of a Porn Icon is available on BBC iPlayer Jeremy was also charged with four counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object and two counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious or asleep person.įurther charges included one count each of lewd act upon a child under the age of 14 or 15, sodomy by use of force and assault with intent to commit rape. He has been held on a $6.6 million bail at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles County since his arrest in June 2020. Jeremy pleaded not guilty to charges including 12 counts of forcible rape, seven counts of forcible oral copulation and six counts of sexual battery by restraint Prosecutors allege Jeremy - born Ronald Jeremy Hyatt - restrained some of the women and raped or sodomized them - and had sex with others who were sleeping or unconscious. Jeremy has been indicted on 30 charges for the alleged sexual assault and forcible rape of 21 women and girls, some as young as 15. 'In some of these cases, I just think people felt guilty about what they did afterwards and he's taking the blame for it.' 'When I think about the women who are making these allegations, I do think you have a good chunk of them are probably just in it for trying to get a payoff. I've seen people coming up to him left and right, you know women hitting on him. 'I've been with Ron Jeremy at some these places. But it was violative, 100 per cent,' she explained.Īlso in the show was a defender of Jeremy - his 'best friend' and producer Jim Powers who claimed that many of his accusers were 'trying to get a pay out'. 'I did not register my experience with Ron Jeremy as trauma maybe because I've had so much in my life I don't see things that way. There, she claims he attacked her by pulling her trousers down as someone else filmed them.Īnother accuser who spoke to documentary makers is Kat Black, who says she was attacked by Jeremy when he grabbed her hand and put it on his genitals. She explained how she had gone to a house to take part in a radio show where Jeremy was. ''I found tons of images of him touching women in public and it wasn't clear how they felt about it.īut after she released her video, more than 50 women came forward with accusations against the actor.Īlso speaking in the documentary was Tana Lee, who said she was raped by Jeremy in 2015 before she became a porn star. Jeremy has also had several business endeavors including opening a swingers nightclub in Portland, Oregon which closed in 2015. He has also competed on Wheel of Fortune and appeared in a segment of The Chappelle Show, and numerous music videos for artists including Kid Rock, Moby, Guns & Roses and Sublime. Jeremy, who was active as a porn star from 1979 until 2018, has also acted in a number of mainstream films and television series, including appearances in Ghostbusters and The Boondock Saints. He has directed an additional 296 adult films. He has been listed as having 2,542 performance credits in the Internet Adult Film Database. Jeremy has since been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for 'Most Appearances in Adult Films' and won several adult film acting awards. He eventually left teaching to pursue becoming an actor on Broadway, and in 1978 had first brush with pornography when a girlfriend sent his photo to Playgirl magazine for appearance in its 'Boy Next Door' pages. Cardozo High School where he performed in theatrical productions including the musical Oklahoma, according to Village Voice.Īccording to his IMDB biography, Jeremy earned a masters degree from Queens College and became a special education teacher in the New York City area. Ron Jeremy, also known by his nickname 'The Hedgehog,' was born to a middle-class Jewish family in Queens, New York in 1953, according to his memoir Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz.