rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Breadcrumb Trail LinksCrimeCelebrity Get the latest from Brad Hunter straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Nov 26, 2023 • 4 minute read Adult film actor Ron Jeremy. Photo by Michael Caulfield /Getty Images for AMA / FilesReviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page.Article contentIn Quentin Tarantino’s cinematic masterpiece Pulp Fiction, Samuel L. Jackson’s character noted that “personality goes a long way.”Advertisement 2This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLYSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on.Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists.Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada.Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account.Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on.Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists.Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.REGISTER TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLESCreate an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience.Access articles from across Canada with one account.Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments.Enjoy additional articles per month.Get email updates from your favourite authors.Article contentThat would have been the modus operandi for Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, better known to porn and pop culture connoisseurs as Ron Jeremy.Article contentThe 70-year-old star of 2,500 porn videos stretching back to the Boogie Nights era has always been an unlikely icon of X-rated cinema. Short — just 5-foot-6 — and pudgy, Jeremy was no one’s idea of a matinee idol.But the native New Yorker and former special needs teacher could act (a rarity in smut), had a massive member and, most importantly, had more personality than your typical bodacious bit of beefcake. Porn star Ginger Banks claims at least 50 women were allegedly assaulted by Ron Jeremy. Photo by THEGINGERBANKS /INSTAGRAM“Ron was always accessible, you’d find him at the bar at the famed Rainbow Bar in L.A. and he was always up for a chat,” a friend of mine who knows Jeremy said. “Great personality, really generous with his time.”Your Midday SunYour noon-hour look at what’s happening in Toronto and beyond.By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.Thanks for signing up!A welcome email is on its way. If you don’t see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of Your Midday Sun will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againArticle contentAdvertisement 3This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article contentAnd when a small army of women encountered Jeremy at the Rainbow or elsewhere — no doubt fuelled by booze — they’d ask to see his famed appendage, and maybe do a little bit more in the Gents.“That’s why I found the accusations against him so hard to believe,” our mutual acquaintance said. “There was never a lack of willing women around Ron.”Recommended videoWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.Play VideoIt’s all very different now from those sunny days of the 1970s during porno chic 1.0.Jeremy is a disgraced, physical wreck, his once keen intellect dulled by dementia. His court proceedings in Los Angeles a shambles.Two weeks ago, Jeremy was released from jail and allowed to live in a “private residence” where he will receive around-the-clock care. According to the assistant district attorney involved in his case, Jeremy is now bedridden.Advertisement 4This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article content Adult film actor Ron Jeremy appears for his arraignment on rape and sexual assault charges at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on June 26, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by DAVID MCNEW /POOL/AFP via Getty Images“Ron has dementia, but he’s a serial rapist. Why did this take L.A. County so long to get to?” former friend and alleged victim Charity Hawke told The Toronto Sun last week. “I think they wanted to get him out of their hair and out of the system.”***Jeremy always wanted to be an actor with his sights set on Broadway, but fame on the Great White Way never panned out. He would later admit that he was literally a starving actor.But what Jeremy had going for him was that massive member. His then-girlfriend sent his photo to Playgirl magazine and the rest was history. He made his debut in adult cinema in 1979. Ron Jeremy, star of almost 2,500 porn flicks, is being investigated for sex assault. Photo by RON JEREMY /INSTAGRAMAfter that, Jeremy was in demand as a bankable star with roles in filthy fare like Inside Seka, Debbie Does Dallas II and Terms of Endowment. And he was game to defend his chosen calling.Advertisement 5This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article content“I’d like to see Richard Burton or Sir John Gielgud or Sir Laurence Olivier do Macbeth, memorizing all that dialogue, and have a b*ner,” Jeremy once said.In the sexxx-rated business, the clean-living Jeremy became rich and very much in demand.“At any given time, there are about 24 reliable woodsmen — guys who keep good erections — in the American porn scene. You know, myself, Randy West, Peter North, Tom Byron,” Jeremy said. Charity Hawke, left, with longtime pal Ron Jeremy. Photo by CHAIRTY HAWKE /CHARITY HAWKEThe thespian also picked up the name, “The Hedgehog,” early in his career, courtesy of porn legend William Margold on the set of Olympic Fever. Jeremy had worn shorts on the flight from New York, expecting California to be hot. Instead, he headed to Lake Arrowhead in the mountains on a motorcycle in a blizzard.Advertisement 6This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article contentWhen he got out of the shower, the many hairs on his body were standing on end.Margold quipped: “You are a hedgehog, my friend. A walking, talking hedgehog.”***By 2000, not only was The Hedgehog the biggest name in porn, he had crossed the threshold into pop culture stardom to the point where even your grandma knew Jeremy. By the end, Jeremy did not recognize his own lawyer. Photo by Robert Gauthier /Pool via REUTERSWith more than 2,000 videos behind him, Jeremy hit the Guinness Book of World Records for Most Appearances in Adult Films, at the same time directing 285 bonkbusters. He was also the highest-ranked male on porn bible AVN’s Top 50 porn stars.Still, the joke around the smut biz in the San Fernando Valley went that some starlets wouldn’t do BDSM, bestiality — or Ron Jeremy.***There had been whispers in Porno Valley for years that Jeremy’s on-screen antics had seeped into everyday life.Advertisement 7This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Article contentIn June 2020, he was charged with four counts of rape and sexual assault. More alleged victims emerged, with many of the suspected incidents occurring at the Rainbow.He pleaded not guilty, responding on Twitter: “I am innocent of all charges. I can’t wait to prove my innocence in court! Thank you to everyone for all the support.”Then, he got hit by 25 charges of sexual misconduct. Porn stars and others piled on with allegations dating back to 2000. By August 2020, another 20 counts of rape, sexual assault, sodomy, and forcible penetration by foreign object, landed on his doorstep.The women ranged in age from 15 to 54. By that point, officials jailed Jeremy until recently.Now that the Olivier of pornography has been sprung, unlikely to ever face justice, he remains smut’s cautionary tale that we tell our sons: Porn is not real.“Ron has always been very smart, clever and fun to be around. He’s very intelligent but that night in May, I saw something different,” Hawke told the Sun, recalling her own alleged traumatic encounter with the star.“Ron is a man who is deteriorating second by second. He is an empty man, evil, possessed.”bhunter@postmedia.com@HunterTOSunArticle contentShare this article in your social network
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