Jewish porn star Ron Jeremy was charged in Los Angeles with rape and sexual assault against four women. The Los Angeles District Attorney announced the charges on Tuesday in separate incidents that date back to 2014. Jeremy, 67, whose legal name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, tweeted later Tuesday that “I am innocent of all charges. I can’t wait to prove my innocence in court!”
Jeremy is being held in a Los Angeles County jail. Prosecutors are recommending bail be set at $6.6 million. Jeremy is charged with raping a 25-year-old woman at a home in West Hollywood in May 2014; with allegedly sexually assaulting two women, ages 33 and 46, on separate occasions at a West Hollywood bar in 2017; and raping a 30-year-old woman at the same bar in July 2019.
The case is being prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Paul Thompson, who also is prosecuting Jewish Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. Jeremy is in the Guinness Book of World Records for Most Appearances in Adult Films for appearing in more than 2,200 movies.
Two months after his initial arrest, Jeremy was charged with 20 additional sexual assault counts. In August, Prosecutors announced additional charges, alleging he has sexually assaulted 13 women since 2004.
The charges include: six counts of sexual battery by restraint, five counts of forcible rape, three counts of forcible oral copulation, two count of forcible penetration by a foreign object and one count each of sodomy, assault with intent to commit rape, penetration by a foreign object on an unconscious or sleeping victim and lewd conduct with a 15-year-old girl.
Prosecutors said Jeremy sexually assaulted the 15-year-old girl at a party in 2004. They also alleged he assaulted a woman as recently as New Year’s Day 2020.
