LOS ANGELES – Adult movie star Ron Jeremy pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourth.
Jeremy, 67, whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, pleaded guilty to his appearance in a downtown Los Angeles court on three counts of forced rape and forced penetration by a foreign object and one of forced oral intercourse and sexual assault.
Jeremy was wearing an orange jail jumpsuit and face mask inside a glass enclosure where defendants in custody appear in court.
He was being held in a county jail on $ 6.6 million bail, a figure a judge declined to reduce on Friday. They told him to return to court for a hearing on August 31.
Jeremy previously denied the allegations through his attorney Stuart Goldfarb. Jeremy was arrested Tuesday and had an initial court appearance.
Prosecutors allege that Jeremy raped a 25-year-old woman in a West Hollywood home in May 2014, sexually assaulted a 33-year-old woman and 46-year-old woman in separate incidents at a West Hollywood bar in 2017, and He raped a 30-year-old woman in the same bar in July last year.
If convicted of all charges, he could face 90 years in prison.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detectives had been investigating Jeremy for two years, and presented the case to prosecutors on Monday.
Nicknamed “The Hedgehog,” Jeremy is one of the best-known and most prolific actors in the history of the adult film industry, with thousands of credits to his name, along with appearances in more popular entertainments such as music videos and the series. TV show The reality. Surreal life.
The charges make Jeremy the third man charged, along with Harvey Weinstein and producer David Guillod, by a task force formed by District Attorney Jackie Lacey in 2017 to investigate sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry. Guillod also pleaded not guilty. Weinstein is in prison in New York and has not been prosecuted in Los Angeles, but has repeatedly denied involvement in non-consensual sexual acts.
