Former porn star feared Ron Jeremy was going to ‘kill her’

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A former porn star says she thought disgraced X-rated icon Ron Jeremy was going to kill her after he allegedly raped her.

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Jennifer Steele Mondello — aka Jennifer Steele — told The Daily Beast she will “never f***ing forget” the alleged attack.

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A long list of women — including former porn stars — have come forward claiming they were sexually assaulted by the prolific adult performer whose nickname is The Hedgehog, partly due to his hirsute body.

Mondello was trying to make her name in the porn business when she was introduced to Jeremy by her manager.

She claims that a nightmare evening followed in which she was raped.

The 69-year-old Jeremy is charged in Los Angeles with four counts of rape and sexual assault in August 2020, plus another 20 counts of either rape or sexual assault over a span of 16 years, from 2004 to 2020, that involved 12 women and a 15-year-old girl.

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Mondello told The Daily Beast she first met Jeremy at a Beaverton, Oregon strip club. The former special needs teacher offered her a room at his Los Angeles home and Mondello said fine, but no sex.

She revealed that the pair were at a “no-contact shoot” with Hustler. Jeremy was struggling to get an erection and dragged her into a washroom.

The star of more than 5,000 adult videos allegedly asked for a “visual fluff,” promising not to touch Mondello.

‘BROKE MY TRUST’

“(But) Ron broke my trust and entered me,” she said, adding that Jeremy said sorry and that it was all a “misunderstanding.”

Mondello believed Jeremy and stayed at his home that night.

“He roused me out of my sleep to coerce me into letting him give me oral sex with the promise to leave me alone afterwards. He said I should appreciate everything he was doing for me,” Mondello claimed.

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She refused and then Jeremy allegedly raped her. He only stopped after realizing Mondello was sobbing and bleeding.

“There were some moments I wondered if he planned to kill me because how would a celebrity get away with doing this to people if I remained alive?” she said. “He stopped when he saw tears and blood, and at that point I was relieved I would live.”

Mondello said she only came forward because she believed people would see it as a “joke” that a porn star could be raped.

‘VICTIM WITNESSES’

She agreed to be interviewed by prosecutors in 2020.

“I felt so good to tell somebody official who cared,” Mondello said. “I can’t even describe the sense of full-circle. I was not one of the charging victims. I was one of the victim witnesses.”

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Still, she remains upset that there has been so little change in the pornographic industry.

“I’m glad that he’s locked up. It’s a big deal that it actually came to light that he was doing this because for a long time I just had people turn their backs on me,” she said.

“These types of things are happening today, and there’s nothing the industry has done to change things, not that I can see.”

Last March, Jeremy’s trial was put on hold due to his mental state. He has pleaded not guilty and is being held on $6.6-million bail.

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