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Jeremy, 67, is among the biggest names in the
pornography industry, having appeared in more than 2,000 adult
films starting in the 1970s.
Prosecutors said Jeremy, whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt,
forcibly raped a 25-year-old woman at a home in West Hollywood
in May 2014, according to a statement from Los Angeles County
District Attorney Jackie Lacey.
They also alleged he sexually assaulted two women, aged 33 and
46, on separate occasions at a West Hollywood bar in 2017, and
forcibly raped one of them.
In a fourth incident, prosecutors said Jeremy forcibly raped a
30-year-old woman at the same bar in July 2019, the statement
said.
Jeremy did not enter a plea when he made his first court
appearance in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, City News
Service reported. He was ordered held in custody in lieu of $6.6
million bail and will be formally arraigned on Thursday.
If convicted of all the charges, Jeremy faces a possible maximum
sentence of 90 years to life in state prison.
Jeremy's manager, Dante Rusciolelli, said on Tuesday he had
dropped the porn star after hearing of the charges.
"We hope that these allegations against him are not true, but if
they are, we hope that he is prosecuted to the full extent of
the law," Rusciolelli wrote in an Instagram posting.
When Rolling Stone reported allegations of sexual misconduct by
Jeremy in 2017, he told the magazine he had "never and would
never rape anyone."
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Tom Brown and Peter
Cooney)
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