Adult film star, Ron Jeremy has been charged with 20 additional sexual assault counts, involving 12 women and a teen girl, that dates back to 2004, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has said.
The 67-year-old whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt was initially charged in June with several counts of sexual assault, including three counts of rape. He pleaded not guilty to those charges.
Prosecutors on Monday, August 31, announced 20 more charges against Jeremy, alleging he has sexually assaulted 13 women since 2004
Jeremy, whose legal last name is Hyatt, was initially charged in June with several counts of sexual assault, including three counts of rape. He pleaded not guilty to those charges.
The charges include includes 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 this year.
Jeremy was ordered to return to court in October. If convicted on all charges, Jeremy could be sentenced to up to 250 years in prison.
According to online court records, he is in jail in Los Angeles and is being held on $6.6 million bail.
