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Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", Jeremy was ranked by [[AVN (magazine)|AVN]] at No. 1 in their "50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list.<ref name="AVN Top 50">{{cite web |url=http://www.action-dvd.com/avnt50ps.asp?whichpage=1&userid=3AED28DC%2D3047%2D4F5C%2D87F5%2DD9AC3B9DA6F3&sort_order=|title=AVN: The 10 Top Porn Stars of All Time |date=January 2002|work=Adult Video News |accessdate=2006-12-24 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015019/http://www.action-dvd.com/avnt50ps.asp?whichpage=1&userid=3AED28DC-3047-4F5C-87F5-D9AC3B9DA6F3&sort_order=|archivedate= 2007-09-30}}</ref> Jeremy has also made a number of non-pornographic media appearances, and director Scott J. Gill filmed a documentary about him and his legacy, ''[[Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy]]'', which was released in 2001.
Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", Jeremy was ranked by [[AVN (magazine)|AVN]] at No. 1 in their "50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list.<ref name="AVN Top 50">{{cite web |url=http://www.action-dvd.com/avnt50ps.asp?whichpage=1&userid=3AED28DC%2D3047%2D4F5C%2D87F5%2DD9AC3B9DA6F3&sort_order=|title=AVN: The 10 Top Porn Stars of All Time |date=January 2002|work=Adult Video News |accessdate=2006-12-24 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015019/http://www.action-dvd.com/avnt50ps.asp?whichpage=1&userid=3AED28DC-3047-4F5C-87F5-D9AC3B9DA6F3&sort_order=|archivedate= 2007-09-30}}</ref> Jeremy has also made a number of non-pornographic media appearances, and director Scott J. Gill filmed a documentary about him and his legacy, ''[[Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy]]'', which was released in 2001.


More than a dozen women have publicly accused Jeremy of [[sexual assault]]. Several of the allegations relate to his appearances at fan conventions, alleging that he would grope and insert his fingers into attendees without their consent. In June 2020, Jeremy was charged with 4 counts of sexual assault and in August 2020 he was charged with another 20 counts of either rape or sexual assault over a span of 16 years from 2004-2020 that involved twelve women including a 15-year-old girl girl. In total he faces 250 years in prison.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=Anika |title=Adult film star Ron Jeremy charged with sexual assault of 4women|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/06/23/adult-film-star-ron-jeremy-charged-sexual-assault-four-women/3244183001/|accessdate=23 June 2020|work=USA Today |date=23 June 2020|language=en}}</ref>
More than a dozen women have publicly accused Jeremy of [[sexual assault]]. Several of the allegations relate to his appearances at fan conventions, alleging that he would grope and insert his fingers into attendees without their consent. In June 2020, Jeremy was charged with 4 counts of sexual assault and in August 2020 he was charged with another 20 counts of either rape or sexual assault over a span of 16 years from 2004-2020 that involved twelve women including a 15-year-old girl. In total, he faces 250 years in prison.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=Anika |title=Adult film star Ron Jeremy charged with sexual assault of 4women|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/06/23/adult-film-star-ron-jeremy-charged-sexual-assault-four-women/3244183001/|accessdate=23 June 2020|work=USA Today |date=23 June 2020|language=en}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
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Jeremy left the teaching profession (he called it his "ace in the hole") to pursue a legitimate acting career on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. He has said that he learned then what it was like to be broke, making no money as an actor who "starved [[Off-Broadway]]" Jeremy soon found work posing for ''[[Playgirl]]'' after his then-girlfriend submitted his photo to the magazine.<ref name="movie">{{cite web |url=http://www.ronjeremy-themovie.com/meetron.htm|title=Meet Ron Jeremy |publisher=Maelstrom Entertainment|work=Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy |accessdate=2006-12-25 |quote=Ron's career began in 1978 when a girlfriend of his sent his nude photo to "Playgirl" magazine for its "Boy Next Door" feature.}}</ref> Jeremy utilized this opportunity as a springboard into the adult film industry, which he viewed as a reliable means of supporting himself.<ref name="siue">{{cite web|url=http://www.siue.edu/ALESTLE/library/summer1998/july.08.98/corey.html|title=13 Inane Questions with the reigning king of adult cinema: Ron Jeremy|publisher=Southern Illinois University Edwardsville|date=1998-07-08|author=Cory Stulce|work=The Alestle|accessdate=2006-12-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221065424/http://www.siue.edu/ALESTLE/library/summer1998/july.08.98/corey.html|archivedate=February 21, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Jeremy left the teaching profession (he called it his "ace in the hole") to pursue a legitimate acting career on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. He has said that he learned then what it was like to be broke, making no money as an actor who "starved [[Off-Broadway]]" Jeremy soon found work posing for ''[[Playgirl]]'' after his then-girlfriend submitted his photo to the magazine.<ref name="movie">{{cite web |url=http://www.ronjeremy-themovie.com/meetron.htm|title=Meet Ron Jeremy |publisher=Maelstrom Entertainment|work=Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy |accessdate=2006-12-25 |quote=Ron's career began in 1978 when a girlfriend of his sent his nude photo to "Playgirl" magazine for its "Boy Next Door" feature.}}</ref> Jeremy utilized this opportunity as a springboard into the adult film industry, which he viewed as a reliable means of supporting himself.<ref name="siue">{{cite web|url=http://www.siue.edu/ALESTLE/library/summer1998/july.08.98/corey.html|title=13 Inane Questions with the reigning king of adult cinema: Ron Jeremy|publisher=Southern Illinois University Edwardsville|date=1998-07-08|author=Cory Stulce|work=The Alestle|accessdate=2006-12-25|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070221065424/http://www.siue.edu/ALESTLE/library/summer1998/july.08.98/corey.html|archivedate=February 21, 2007|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


Jeremy began using his first and middle name professionally in the adult industry, after his grandmother Rose was pestered by people calling her thinking they were contacting him. Rose, listed at that time as R. Hyatt in the phone book, was reportedly pestered at all hours by prospective suitors who'd seen Jeremy in ''Playgirl''. "She had to move out of her apartment for a month," he has said. "My father told me, 'If you want to get into this naked, crazy business, so be it, but if you use the family name again, I'll kill you.'"<ref name="Being Amazon">{{cite web |url=http://kellykittel.com/2014/07/20/tale-two-conferences/ |title=A Tale of Two Conferences |publisher=Kelly Kittel|accessdate=30 December 2017}}</ref> He quickly dropped his last name professionally for fear of embarrassing his family.<ref name="jjournal"/>
Jeremy began using his first and middle name professionally in the adult industry after his grandmother Rose was pestered by people calling her thinking they were contacting him. Rose, listed at that time as R. Hyatt in the phone book, was reportedly pestered at all hours by prospective suitors who'd seen Jeremy in ''Playgirl''. "She had to move out of her apartment for a month," he has said. "My father told me, 'If you want to get into this naked, crazy business, so be it, but if you use the family name again, I'll kill you.'"<ref name="Being Amazon">{{cite web |url=http://kellykittel.com/2014/07/20/tale-two-conferences/ |title=A Tale of Two Conferences |publisher=Kelly Kittel|accessdate=30 December 2017}}</ref> He quickly dropped his last name professionally for fear of embarrassing his family.<ref name="jjournal"/>


Jeremy had the nickname "The Hedgehog" bestowed upon him by fellow porn actor [[William Margold]] in 1979 after a situation on the set of the porn film ''Olympic Fever''. Jeremy flew in from New York to shoot the movie. Expecting warm California weather, he wore only a T-shirt and shorts and brought no additional clothing. During the long motorcycle ride to the set, located near [[Lake Arrowhead, California|Lake Arrowhead]], in the California mountains, the weather deteriorated to blizzard conditions, which chilled him to the point of near [[hypothermia]]. Upon arriving at the set, Jeremy was immediately whisked away to thaw out in a hot shower. When he finished, his skin had taken on a pinkish hue from the temperature extremes, and all the many hairs on his body were standing on end. Margold's comment upon seeing Jeremy at that moment was "You are a hedgehog, my friend. A walking, talking hedgehog." Contrary to popular belief, the nickname had nothing to do with his weight, as he was quite physically fit at the time.<ref name="ronautobio">{{cite book |last = Jeremy|first = Ron|author2=Eric Spitznagel |title = Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz|year = 2007|publisher = HarperCollins|location = New York|isbn = 978-0-06-084082-2|pages = 67–71}}</ref>
Jeremy had the nickname "The Hedgehog" bestowed upon him by fellow porn actor [[William Margold]] in 1979 after a situation on the set of the porn film ''Olympic Fever''. Jeremy flew in from New York to shoot the movie. Expecting warm California weather, he wore only a T-shirt and shorts and brought no additional clothing. During the long motorcycle ride to the set, located near [[Lake Arrowhead, California|Lake Arrowhead]], in the California mountains, the weather deteriorated to blizzard conditions, which chilled him to the point of near [[hypothermia]]. Upon arriving at the set, Jeremy was immediately whisked away to thaw out in a hot shower. When he finished, his skin had taken on a pinkish hue from the temperature extremes, and all the many hairs on his body were standing on end. Margold's comment upon seeing Jeremy at that moment was "You are a hedgehog, my friend. A walking, talking hedgehog." Contrary to popular belief, the nickname had nothing to do with his weight, as he was quite physically fit at the time.<ref name="ronautobio">{{cite book |last = Jeremy|first = Ron|author2=Eric Spitznagel |title = Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz|year = 2007|publisher = HarperCollins|location = New York|isbn = 978-0-06-084082-2|pages = 67–71}}</ref>

Revision as of 20:07, 31 August 2020

Ron Jeremy
Jeremy in 2009
Born
Ronald Jeremy Hyatt[1]

(1953-03-12) March 12, 1953 (age 71)[2]
Queens, New York, U.S.[2]
NationalityAmerican
Other names
  • R. J.
  • David Elliot
  • Big Daddy
  • The Hedgehog
  • Ronnie
Occupation(s)Pornographic actor, stand-up comedian, actor
Years active1979–present
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Websiteronjeremy.com

Ronald Jeremy Hyatt (born March 12, 1953) is an American pornographic actor, filmmaker, actor, and stand-up comedian.[3][1]

Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", Jeremy was ranked by AVN at No. 1 in their "50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list.[4] Jeremy has also made a number of non-pornographic media appearances, and director Scott J. Gill filmed a documentary about him and his legacy, Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy, which was released in 2001.

More than a dozen women have publicly accused Jeremy of sexual assault. Several of the allegations relate to his appearances at fan conventions, alleging that he would grope and insert his fingers into attendees without their consent. In June 2020, Jeremy was charged with 4 counts of sexual assault and in August 2020 he was charged with another 20 counts of either rape or sexual assault over a span of 16 years from 2004-2020 that involved twelve women including a 15-year-old girl. In total, he faces 250 years in prison.[5]

Early life

Ronald Jeremy Hyatt was born in Queens, New York, to a middle-class Jewish family from Russia and Poland.[6][2] His father, Arnold (born 1918)[7] was a physicist, and his mother a book editor[8] who served in the O.S.S. during World War II, as she spoke fluent German and French.[9]

He graduated from Benjamin N. Cardozo High School.[10]

Pornographic film career

Dennis Hof, Heidi Fleiss, and Jeremy at the Adult Video Network Convention in Las Vegas, 2006
Ron Jeremy

Jeremy left the teaching profession (he called it his "ace in the hole") to pursue a legitimate acting career on Broadway. He has said that he learned then what it was like to be broke, making no money as an actor who "starved Off-Broadway" Jeremy soon found work posing for Playgirl after his then-girlfriend submitted his photo to the magazine.[11] Jeremy utilized this opportunity as a springboard into the adult film industry, which he viewed as a reliable means of supporting himself.[12]

Jeremy began using his first and middle name professionally in the adult industry after his grandmother Rose was pestered by people calling her thinking they were contacting him. Rose, listed at that time as R. Hyatt in the phone book, was reportedly pestered at all hours by prospective suitors who'd seen Jeremy in Playgirl. "She had to move out of her apartment for a month," he has said. "My father told me, 'If you want to get into this naked, crazy business, so be it, but if you use the family name again, I'll kill you.'"[13] He quickly dropped his last name professionally for fear of embarrassing his family.[8]

Jeremy had the nickname "The Hedgehog" bestowed upon him by fellow porn actor William Margold in 1979 after a situation on the set of the porn film Olympic Fever. Jeremy flew in from New York to shoot the movie. Expecting warm California weather, he wore only a T-shirt and shorts and brought no additional clothing. During the long motorcycle ride to the set, located near Lake Arrowhead, in the California mountains, the weather deteriorated to blizzard conditions, which chilled him to the point of near hypothermia. Upon arriving at the set, Jeremy was immediately whisked away to thaw out in a hot shower. When he finished, his skin had taken on a pinkish hue from the temperature extremes, and all the many hairs on his body were standing on end. Margold's comment upon seeing Jeremy at that moment was "You are a hedgehog, my friend. A walking, talking hedgehog." Contrary to popular belief, the nickname had nothing to do with his weight, as he was quite physically fit at the time.[14]

Jeremy is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for "Most Appearances in Adult Films";[15] his entry on the Internet Adult Film Database lists more than 2,000 films in which he has performed, and an additional 285 films which he directed.[16] By way of comparison, John Holmes, the next highest-ranked male star on the AVN Top 50 porn stars,[4] has 384 acting credits listed on the IAFD.[17]

One joke that made the rounds within the industry at the time was "the kinkier acts some actresses would not perform were bestiality, sado-masochism, and sex with Jeremy" (because he was very atypical-looking for a porn star.)[1]

Non-pornographic appearances

Film

Outside the adult film industry, Jeremy worked as a "special consultant" for the 1986 film 9½ Weeks. He appears in the 1996 horror film They Bite in a role making a film-within-a-film (Invasion of the Fishfuckers) – another horror film, both in the same vein as Humanoids from the Deep. He also served as a consultant on the 1997 film Boogie Nights—which chronicled the emergence of the fictional porn star Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg, loosely based on the life of porn star John Holmes, who had been a co-worker of Jeremy's)—and the movie The Chase, in which he has a small cameo as a news cameraman. He played the monster "Blisterface" in ABC's children's show Bone Chillers. He also appeared in the 1999 film The Boondock Saints, played a bartender in 2002's Spun and acted in 2003's cult film Zombiegeddon. He was an extra in Ghostbusters,[18] played a male strip-club announcer in Detroit Rock City, and had a cameo in Killing Zoe and in the porn spoof, Orgazmo. In addition, he appeared in several productions released by Troma Entertainment, such as Terror Firmer, Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV and Poultrygeist.

Jeremy on set of Not the Bradys XXX in December 2006

He was the subject of a feature-length biographical documentary, Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy, released in 2001 and widely distributed on DVD by mainstream retailers. In that same year he is briefly seen on the heavy metal band Fear Factory's DVD Digital Connectivity. In 2003 Jeremy appeared as himself in, and lent his name to, the comedy film Being Ron Jeremy, a parody of Being John Malkovich. Jeremy is a frequent interviewee in documentaries about the porn industry, or related subjects such as Fuck: A Fuckumentary.

He was featured in the music video "The Plot to Bomb the Panhandle" by A Day to Remember in 2007 off of their CD entitled For Those Who Have Heart. In 2007, he appeared in the comedy film Finishing the Game as himself. Jeremy starred in 2008 in the erotic horror film I Am Virgin, which was released in 2010.[19]

Jeremy has a cameo in Crank: High Voltage, playing himself as a protester angry at the low salaries porn stars get. Another 2009 cameo was in "Stripper: Natasha Kizmet.[20] He once again appears as himself in the 2009 release One-Eyed Monster, a horror film parody predicated on the premise that an alien force takes over Jeremy's penis and begins killing people in the woods.[21][22]

Jeremy is the Lead Antagonist/League Owner in the sports comedy Tetherball: The Movie and appeared in the western comedy Big Money Rustlas featuring Insane Clown Posse in 2010.

Television

In 1980, Jeremy competed on the game show Wheel of Fortune, using his real last name, as Ron Hyatt. Among his winnings was a trip to Mazatlán.[23]

Jeremy appeared in the second season of The Surreal Life,[24] during which he developed a close friendship with Tammy Faye Bakker despite her devout Christianity and disapproval of pornography, and returned to the franchise for the ninth season of The Surreal Life: Fame Games,[25] in which he finished second to Traci Bingham on the season finale, which aired on March 25, 2007. Jeremy also appeared in a segment on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show. Additionally, he made appearances on Penn and Teller's Bullshit! in episodes regarding penis enlargement and circumcision. In 2005, he appeared on the UK reality TV show, The Farm. Jeremy also made a brief cameo on Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, in the episode "YouTube VS Porn", in a short segment where people on the street were shown a video of hardcore pornography, and Jeremy was the only one disgusted by the video.

Jeremy was seen in the Robot Chicken episode, "A Piece of the Action", in which he was voiced by Michael Benyaer. In the episode, he and several others parody The Surreal Life and Lord of the Rings. The segment lampoons his penis size by having his character unseat a knight on horseback using nothing but his erect penis. Jeremy appeared as himself in the 2001 Family Guy episode "Brian Does Hollywood", in which he is a presenter at an adult industry award show in which Brian Griffin is a nominee. Comedian Kathy Griffin went on a date with him in the third season of her reality show, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List. Ron Jeremy has also appeared in a part on the Comedy Central show Tosh.0

In 2003, Jeremy appeared on The Frank Skinner Show and performed a duet ("I Got You Babe") with former Cabinet minister Mo Mowlam.[26] Jeremy appeared on Chappelle's Show as himself in a spoof called "What if the Internet was a real place?", in which he asks Dave Chappelle if he would like to see some of his films. Jeremy also appeared as a guest commentator on the Fox News Channel late-night news and comedy talk show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld in 2007. In the "Super Karate Monkey Death Car" episode of Newsradio, Jeremy can be seen sitting in the audience at Jimmy James's reading, along with Brian Posehn. Jeremy appeared in Tosh.0 as the falling prom girl's date. Jeremy appeared on Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, as himself, in Bourdain's "Food Porn" (Season 5) and "Food Porn 2" (Season 6) episodes. Jeremy appeared on Silent Library in 2010. In the show, he was the "Mystery Creature" that was concealed underneath a sheet in a cage, the contestant has to feed him carrots while being blindfolded.

During the 2013 Academy Award broadcast, host and Master of ceremonies Seth MacFarlane mentioned Jeremy in his opening monologue, "From Whoopi all the way down to Ron Jeremy, it eventually found its way to me", joking about the number of rejections that Oscar organizers must have gotten from potential hosts before they arrived at him. Later in the April issue of AVN magazine in the Crossover Report section, with roughly 1 billion viewers worldwide, the writer observed that "... the mere fact that his name made its way into one of MacFarlane's opening lines would suggest that he has officially reached household status on a global scale."[27]

Music

Jeremy has appeared in videos by Sublime, Mercury Rev, Moby, Insane Clown Posse, Kid Rock, LMFAO, Everclear, Sam Kinison, Guns N' Roses, Mad Yellow Sun, Los Umbrellos, XXX Rottweiler Hundar (Icelandic), the Radioactive Chicken Heads, A Day To Remember, Escape The Fate, Christina Linhardt, Necro, Flight of the Conchords, My Darkest Days, Armin Van Buuren, Loud Luxury, The Meices,[28] and Steel Panther. In addition, he released a rap single called "Freak of the Week" which peaked at 95 on the Billboard rap charts;[29] a music video for this was also produced.[30] Jeremy introduced Boston ska punk band Big D and the Kids Table at the 2011 and 2013 Vans Warped Tour in Carson, California, and also appeared in their new video for the song One Day. In 2001, he made a small appearance in industrial/groove metal band Fear Factory's DVD Digital Connectivity, where he welcomes the viewer, in the "Digimortal" portion of the DVD, "to the world of Fear Factory". In 2008, Brooklyn rap artist Necro featured Ron as well as Jack Napier, Rebeca Linares, and several others for the videos "Who's Ya Daddy" and "I Wanna F**k". In 2011, he appeared in LMFAO's music video for the song "Sexy And I Know It". In 2011, he also appeared on the rap group "Bankrupt Records" album "Double Vision" on the skit "The Ron Jeremy Call".

In 2012, he appeared in Canadian rock band My Darkest Days music video for their song "Casual Sex". In 2013, he appeared in the music video for the song "This Is What It Feels Like" by famous DJ Armin van Buuren, later in the year he appeared in a parody of the music video for Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball" by YouTuber Bart Baker.[31]

Video games

Jeremy was featured as a playable character in the Celebrity Deathmatch video game. His image was used as a fairy in the game Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, in which he gives tips and advice to the main character. Ron Jeremy also stars in Bonetown as the king of Bonetown and sex god.[32] Jeremy appears in the 2011 video game Postal III as Raul Chomo, the mayor of the fictional town of Catharsis, Arizona.[33]

Video

Jeremy appeared in a series of viral video spoofs for video sharing website Heavy.com. The videos lampooned include Britney Spears, lonelygirl15, Little Superstar and others.[34] In 2007 he had a cameo appearance in "The Plot to Bomb the Panhandle" video, by A Day to Remember. In addition, Jeremy appeared on an episode of Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show, titled "Pamous Movie Star".

Jeremy at CES, January 2000

In January 2009, Jeremy appeared with David Faustino (Bud Bundy from Married with Children) in an episode of Faustino's show Star-ving, which airs on Crackle, as does the Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show.[35] In June 2009, he did a cameo in the music video "10 Miles Wide" by Escape The Fate, along with Dennis Hof and other adult video performers.[36] In December 2010, Jeremy starred in the Break.com video Tron Jeremy, a parody of the film Tron: Legacy.[37] In October 2013, Jeremy appeared in Bart Baker's parody of Miley Cyrus's Wrecking Ball.[38]

Books

Jeremy released his memoir, titled Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz, in February 2007.[39] The book was published by Harper Collins.[40]

Businesses

In June 2009, Jeremy and business partner Paul Smith opened Ron Jeremy's Club Sesso, a swingers nightclub located in the financial district of downtown Portland, Oregon.[41] The club was closed June 20, 2015 over legal problems with the city.[42]

Jeremy is also involved in the marketing of a line of rum "Ron de Jeremy"[43][44][45] to which he lent his name ("ron" being Spanish for "rum"). Television ads for the rum featuring Jeremy proclaim that it's rum "Ron Style".

Personal life

Jeremy and Stormy Daniels at Jeremy's birthday party in March 2007

In 2006, Jeremy began a series of debates on pornography opposing Pastor Craig Gross, founder of anti-pornography website XXXchurch.com,[46] visiting various U.S. and Canada college campuses as part of the "Porn Debate Tour".[47][48]

On January 29, 2013, Jeremy drove himself to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after experiencing severe chest pain.[49] Doctors discovered an aneurysm near his heart and he was operated on the following day.[49][50] Three weeks later, he was released from the hospital.[50]

Sexual assault allegations

More than a dozen women have publicly accused Jeremy of sexual assault. Several of the allegations relate to his appearances at fan conventions, alleging that he would grope and insert his fingers into attendees without their consent. The organizers of the Exxxotica national adult conventions permanently banned Jeremy from their shows in October 2017 after a social media campaign by webcam model Ginger Banks.[51][52][53] The Free Speech Coalition, an industry trade group, rescinded its Positive Image Award that it had originally presented to him in 2009 due to the allegations.[54]

In June 2020, Jeremy was charged with 4 counts of sexual assault by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.[55][56] The charges filed allege the rape of three women. Owner of Golden Artists Entertainment, Dante Rusciolelli, announced they were dropping Jeremy as a client following the announcement of the charges.[57] On June 27, Jeremy pleaded not guilty against all charges.[58]

On August 31st, 2020, Los Angeles prosecutors filed 20 more counts of sexual assault and rape against Jeremy that involved twelve different women including a 15-year-old girl at a party in 2004. The new counts span 16 years, from 2004 to January 2020, when he is alleged to have sexually assaulted a 21-year-old girl outside a business in Hollywood. The combined counts could bring sentences of more than 250 years in prison.[59]

Filmography

Main article: Ron Jeremy filmography

Awards

  • 1983 AFAA Award – Best Supporting Actor (Suzie Superstar)[60]
  • 1984 AFAA Award – Best Supporting Actor Award (All the way in)[60]
  • 1986 AVN Award – Best Supporting Actor—Film (Candy Stripers II)[61]
  • 1991 AVN Award – Best Supporting Actor—Video (Playin' Dirty)[61]
  • 2004 AFWG Award – Crossover Performer of the Year[62]
  • 2004 FICEB Award – Best Actor (The Magic Sex Genie – International film group)[63][64]
  • 2006 F.A.M.E. Award – Favorite Adult Actor[65]

See also

Bibliography

References

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  2. ^ a b c Jeremy, Ron; Eric Spitznagel (2007). Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz. Harper Collins. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-06-084082-2.
  3. ^ "Adult star Ron Jeremy tries his hand at comedy at Ricochet". Miami.com. October 17, 2012. Archived from the original on August 1, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "AVN: The 10 Top Porn Stars of All Time". Adult Video News. January 2002. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved December 24, 2006.
  5. ^ Reed, Anika (June 23, 2020). "Adult film star Ron Jeremy charged with sexual assault of 4women". USA Today. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  6. ^ "That Jewish Porn Star". Beliefnet.com. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  7. ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/ron-jeremy-holding-pattern-aneurysm-article-1.1252201
  8. ^ a b Naomi Pfefferman (November 30, 2001). "A Nice Jewish Porn Star". Jewish Journal. Retrieved January 31, 2007.
  9. ^ "Insane" Wayne Chinsang. "Ron Jeremy interview". tastes like chicken. Retrieved January 31, 2007.
  10. ^ Hart, John. "The Hedgehog Shoots For Legit" Archived December 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, The Village Voice, Accessed December 6, 2007. "Long before Hollywood called, Jeremy was just another Bayside kid who enjoyed afternoons playing on his favorite tree outside his home on Bell Boulevard. He attended Benjamin Cardozo High School, where he appeared in theatrical productions like Oklahoma. One of his fellow cast members was Reginald Vel Johnson, who went on to fame in the Die Hard movie series and TV's Family Matters."
  11. ^ "Meet Ron Jeremy". Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy. Maelstrom Entertainment. Retrieved December 25, 2006. Ron's career began in 1978 when a girlfriend of his sent his nude photo to "Playgirl" magazine for its "Boy Next Door" feature.
  12. ^ Cory Stulce (July 8, 1998). "13 Inane Questions with the reigning king of adult cinema: Ron Jeremy". The Alestle. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Archived from the original on February 21, 2007. Retrieved December 25, 2006.
  13. ^ "A Tale of Two Conferences". Kelly Kittel. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  14. ^ Jeremy, Ron; Eric Spitznagel (2007). Ron Jeremy: The Hardest (Working) Man in Showbiz. New York: HarperCollins. pp. 67–71. ISBN 978-0-06-084082-2.
  15. ^ "Being Ron Jeremy". Amazon. Retrieved December 25, 2006.
  16. ^ Ron Jeremy at the Internet Adult Film Database
  17. ^ John Holmes at the Internet Adult Film Database
  18. ^ "New GB Trivia - Ron Jeremy in GB : Protoncharging.com". Archived from the original on March 20, 2007. Retrieved March 21, 2007.
  19. ^ "Get Ready for I Am Virgin". dreadcentral.com. January 22, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  20. ^ "Netflix - Unlimited TV Shows & Movies Online". Dvd.netflix.com. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
  21. ^ "One-Eyed Monster Trailer Online". The Movie Blog. April 19, 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2010.
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