FORMER adult film star Ron Jeremy has been indicted on more than 30 sexual assault counts.
Jeremy, 67, was indicted by the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office on the assault counts that involve 21 victims and go back more than two decades.
The new felony charges on Wednesday included 12 counts of forcible rape, seven counts of forcible oral copulation, six counts of sexual battery by restraint, four counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object, two counts of sexual penetration of an unconscious or asleep person, and one count each of lewd act upon a child under the age of 14 or 15, sodomy by use of force and assault with intent to commit rape, according to The Wrap.
A grand jury returned the indictment, according to ABC-7, and it was unsealed Wednesday.
“Far too often, survivors of sexual assault suffer in isolation,” District Attorney Gascón said in a statement.
"We must ensure that survivors have all options available to help with recovery, including trauma-informed services for healing and support to report such crimes.”
The women Jeremy is accused of assaulting over a 23-year time period range in age from 15 to 51.
The new charges are from events dating back to October 1996, according to The Wrap.
In that incident, a 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped by Jeremy during a photoshoot in the San Fernando Valley.
Additionally, in October 2000, a 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped by the former adult film star at a nightclub party.
Finally, Jeremy also is accused of sexually assaulting a young woman at a strip club in City of Industry between 2002 and 2003.
He was initially charged by Los Angeles prosecutors in late June of 2020 with sexually assaulting four women.
In August 2020, Jeremy was hit with 20 new sexual assault and groping charges by Los Angeles County prosecutors.
Then in October 2020, the ex-adult film star faced seven counts of sexual assault and it was reported then that, if convicted, he could face more than 330 years to life in prison.
Prosecutors turned down 14 other cases against him in October because they were past the statute of limitations.
Jeremy, whose real name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, has appeared in more than 2,000 porn films since he entered the adult film industry in the 1970s.
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