Ron Jeremy
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| Born | Ronald Jeremy Hyatt March 12, 1953 Queens, New York, U.S. |
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| Education | Queens College, City University of New York (BA, MA) |
| Occupation(s) | Pornographic actor, writer, filmmaker, actor, stand-up comedian |
| Years active | 1977–2018 |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Ronald Jeremy Hyatt (born March 12, 1953) is an American former pornographic actor, and actor.
Nicknamed "The Hedgehog", Jeremy was ranked by AVN at No. 1 in their "50 Top Porn Stars of All Time" list. 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, released in 2001.
Jeremy was accused of sexual assault more than a dozen times between 2017 and 2020, for incidents stretching back to 2004. Upon further investigation, in August 2021, he was indicted on 30 sexual-assault counts involving 21 victims including 12 counts of forcible rape. He was initially jailed awaiting trial, but in January 2023, a judge found him mentally unfit to stand trial due to "incurable neurocognitive decline"; he was released to a private residence in November 2023.