Former adult film star Ron Jeremy has been released to a “private residence,” due to deteriorating health.
Jeremy, whose full name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt, 70, was being held in the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles for months since he was declared incompetent to stand trial earlier this year.
Jeremy, who has dementia, was waiting to be placed in a state medical facility, the Los Angeles Times reported.
In 2021, he entered a not-guilty plea after a grand jury indicted him on over 30 counts of sexual assault, including 12 counts of forcible rape.
According to an email obtained by The Times, a judge on Friday ruled that Jeremy should be released to a private residence to receive medical care since “no medical facility will take him.”
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Although some were permitted to speak in court, Jeremy himself was not present.
"He should never, ever be free," one alleged victim told reporters outside court.
'I feel very badly that this is where we are, but it is beyond our control,' Thompson told the alleged victims. And he's going to be released into a nice posh residence with 24-hour caregivers and everything else.
Thompson said Jeremy, who was known as 'The Hedgehog' in the porn world, was being moved from the notorious Men's Central Jail in downtown LA to an unnamed institution after it emerged 'no medical facility will take him'. He then went on to earn a Master’s degree in special education.
The alleged sexual predator's primary hunting ground was said to be bars along the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, including the Rainbow Room Bar & Grill which is currently being sued by two women for negligence tied to the allegations.
I thought I would try it out and at least get some kind of exposure, pardon the pun. A walking, talking hedgehog.” It should be noted that at the time, he was in relatively good shape; not fat as he is today. Aside from the fact that he’s now a multimillionaire and doesn’t need the money, he stated, “…if parents see me with [their] kid, they’ll want to call 911.” That being said, he does do lectures at various colleges on occasion, particularly lecturing on the adult film industry and acting and has said he wouldn’t mind teaching theater someday at the college level.
Ron Jeremy’s full name is Ronald Jeremy Hyatt.
His reasons for this were as follows:
We knew women could do Playboy and that might lead to a career in theater, film. Young said at least three other industry execs watched the assault unfold, however none of them reacted.
'People were just like, "That's Ron",' Young said.
Speaking after discovering the defendant would not stand trial due to his mental incompetency, Young said she felt 'numb'.
She told the LA Times: 'They were aware of his condition before getting us all involved.
Lianne Young, a former British porn star who went by the name of Billie Britt, accused Jeremy of assaulting her at a Halloween party on the Sunset Strip in 2000
Two unnamed women filed a lawsuit against Rainbow Bar & Grill, and its owner Rockin' Horse, Inc., which is accused of 'facilitating Ron Jeremy drugging women's drinks'
Jeremy, 69, pleaded not guilty in August 2021 to more than 30 counts of sexual assault (pictured in June 2020)
'They were well aware he had dementia, so I'm very disappointed that they didn’t solve that bit before letting us go on that emotional journey for two and a half years.'
In additional comments to The Mirror, she said: 'I really can’t put it into words how angry I am.
To make matters worse, he had only a motorcycle to drive to the set, and by the time he arrived he was nearly frozen. He flew to California wearing T-shirts and shorts, thinking the weather would be warm, but it was instead snowing up in the mountains where the movie was being shot. In fact, we weren't even able to speak directly to him in a trial.
included Julia Child, who was a top secret research assistant there, and MLB catcher Moe Berg, who was a secret agent. "He should never be free. The good news is that they were going to use the pictures we had taken.
From there, he was approached to do adult films, but initially declined as he thought it was kind of “sleazy.” However, adult films of the day usually had plots and some acting was involved; further, several adult film actors, both male and female, had managed to use that platform to get into mainstream films, so he eventually agreed.
Since then, he’s starred in well over 2000 films (a record, according to the Guinness Book of Records), directed another 281 or so, appeared in around 60 non-adult movies, including The Boondock Saints and The Chase, appeared in 14 music videos, and was a consultant for the movies Boogie Nights and 9 1/2 Weeks.
'Most importantly, how do you protect the public, and equally as important, how do you protect his civil rights? He dropped the “Hyatt” after his debut in Playgirl, where he used the name Ron Hyatt.