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Disgraced adult film actor Ron Jeremy is facing 20 addition sexual assault charges involving 13 women, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office confirmed on Monday.
The new charges include six counts of sexual battery by restraint, five counts of forcible rape, three counts of forcible oral copulation and two counts of forcible penetration by a foreign object.
The charges date as far back as 2004, with the most recent incident allegedly taking place on January 1st, 2020. The ages of the alleged victims span from 15 to 54.
The January 1st incident involves a 21-year-old victim. She accuses Jeremy of sexually assaulting her outside a business in Hollywood. Whilst the 2004 incident involves a 15-year-old girl who attended a party in Santa Clarita, California.
If convicted as charged, Ron Jeremy is looking at a maximum sentence of over 250 years to life in prison.
Jeremy was initially facing eight counts of sexual assault from allegations made by four women detailing attacks in West Hollywood between 2014 and 2019. Following his initial court appearance dozens of women came forward with allegations of abuse they had suffered at the hands of Jeremy.
The defendant was charged in June with three counts of forcible rape and forcible penetration by a foreign object and one count each of forcible oral copulation and sexual battery.
Three days after Jeremy was initially charged, Deputy Dist. Atty. Paul Thompson revealed that an additional 25 allegations of misconduct involving Jeremy had been reported to prosecutors.
Jeremy pleaded not guilty to the new charges at his arraignment on Monday. His next court date is scheduled for October 28th.
