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Ron Jeremy banned from porn awards after rape allegations

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Actor Ron Jeremy has denied the rape allegations. Photo / Getty Images

Actor Ron Jeremy has denied the rape allegations. Photo / Getty Images

Notorious porn filmmaker Ron Jeremy, who's been accused of rape and sexual assault, has been banned from this year's AVN Adult Entertainment Expo and Awards in Las Vegas.

The disgraced 64-year-old porn star has violated the award shows code of conduct according to AVN, Page Six reported.

He told Rolling Stone "I have never and would never rape anyone," however he did admit to groping women. "I get paid to show up to these shows, events, and photo shoots and touch the people and they touch me."

Jeremy said the awards "are a lot more conservative than you would think they are. I would follow the rules, but I guess they thought I wouldn't."

The stand-up comedian added, "I'm not God's gift to women. I am not saying, 'Step back Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, Ron Jeremy is here'. I am old, I am chunky. [But fans] want to see it."

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Over 12 women have come forward to accuse the legendary male porn star of sexual misconduct spanning over a 30 year period.

It has been reported that allegations have been made by at least five different women and include sexual harassment and rape, the Daily Mail reported.

Accusations against him first gained traction when adult film star Ginger Banks began detailing Jeremy's alleged improprieties with multiple different women, including herself, in the adult film industry, releasing a video in June 2017.

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Jeremy vehemently denies the allegations, saying that he's been paid to go to public events to interact with fans for decades without complaint.

"For over 40 years fans and fellow performers pay money and wait in long lines to meet me," he told Rolling Stone in a statement Thursday.

"They want autographs, pictures, to flirt with me, physically grab me in different areas (usually my clothed penis), they ask me to touch them and many ask to have me sign their boobs.

"When I take photos with fans and other performers at these conventions, signings or events, I do sometimes kiss people on the lips or the cheek, sign boobs or whatever they want. There is 'put on' flirting and touching for the photos.

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"This is exactly what people pay me for at conventions … If you watch these videos that Ginger Banks put out of me 'groping,' you see that everyone in the videos is laughing and 'groping' too. That I'm not running up to them, they come to me."

The allegations, however, extend beyond groping. Former adult film star Jennifer Steele alleges that in 1997, Jeremy sexually assaulted her twice.

Steele claims that Jeremy penetrated her without consent during a photo shoot in which she was asked to simulate sex.

"It turned into him basically sticking it in without me knowing it was happening," Steele alleged. "I said flat-out no … He doesn't hear no. He just kinda keeps going and pretends like you didn't say anything.

"During the whole photo shoot I was thinking, 'Was I just raped? What the f*** just happened?'" Steele recalled.

"[But] by the time the shoot was done, I had it in my head that I had somehow exaggerated it and it was an honest mistake."

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Steele claims that she was assaulted again when they returned to his apartment.

"This was after so many times of saying no and realising that wasn't gonna work," Steele claims.

Jeremy denies Steele's allegations, telling Rolling Stone: "Why would she decide to go to her rapist's home? Give me a f***ing break. It is just not true."

Another incident occurred in 2014, when adult star Danica Dane accused Jeremy of sexual assault during an expo. Three friends of Dane were informed of the incident soon after, and corroborated her story to the magazine.

Jay Taylor, another adult film actress, said that Jeremy digitally violated her during a 2013 expo, while another porn starlet Julia Ann accused Jeremy of forcefully trying to give her a leg massage without her consent in 2011 in Jamaica.

Many of the women said that they feared coming forward with the allegations, concerned over reprisal in the industry or that they're claims would not be taken seriously by police because of their involvement in adult entertainment.

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Two incidents, however, involving fans have been reported to police.

A woman in Ann Arbor, Michigan accused Jeremy of raping her in 1997 after her appearance at a strip club.

Another woman accused Jeremy of groping and signing her breast with out consent at an adult entertainment convention in 2007.

Several other women have also accused Jeremy of inappropriate sexual contact such as groping without consent at an adult entertainment convention or expo.

"As for the charges of Groping, I say yes, I AM A GROPER," he wrote in an email to Rolling Stone.

"And by groper, I mean I get paid to show up to these shows, events, and photo shoots and touch the people and they touch me. I'm not the young stud I was, but I still draw a crowd."

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Jeremy adamantly denies any and all allegations of sexual assault in a statement to Rolling Stone.

"I have never and would never rape anyone. All serious allegations have been investigated by police and dismissed by judges, as have most of the accusations of 'groping','' he wrote.

"I have never been charged nor spent one day in court for any of this. And these are old allegations. Check, anything about me appearing in court or in jail, is public record … The police who looked into the groping charges have always said that they watch the video from the event or whatever and that I did nothing wrong or illegal. They then ask if I want to press charges against the people making false accusations. I never have.

"But seriously, if you were going to be around Ron Jeremy, wouldn't you assume that I'd be a little bit touchy feely? Yes. This is what I do for a living. I am not Kevin Spacey, Louis C.K., Weinstein, or Cosby … If anyone was ever made to feel uncomfortable by ANY of our interactions, I'm deeply sorry. That was never my intention and it breaks my heart in half … I have never raped anyone. If anyone continues those claims, that is defamation. I will sue them in court."

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