Last week, adult film actress Stoya accused ex-boyfriend and frequent co-star James Deen of rape in a series of shocking tweets.
In the weeks since, several more women have come forward, including Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham, who says she was raped by Deen not long after the two of them filmed a sex tape together.
Aside from some tersely-worded tweets proclaiming his innocence, Deen remained silent until today, when he participated in an email interview with retired adult film star Aurora Snow.
“We live in a world where accusations get great attention and no one really seems to want to get the truth,” Deen said. “I’m in porn, and when you take porn activity into polite society it sounds really twisted.
“The media needs stories and I can see how this is one hell of a story…I want to remind people that I am not the subject of any lawsuits.
“I am not under criminal investigation, and at this moment I have no intention of filing defamation suits against false accusations.”
His comments come on the heels of Abraham describing her assault by Deen in great detail an interview with The Daily Mail.
In addition to Stoya and Farrah, six other women have accused Deen of sexual assault, all of them colleagues of Deen’s who performed with him in adult films.
Deen did not address each accusation individually, but did attribute the Stoya allegations to her anger over their “very messy” breakup.