>> SEVERAL MORE WOMEN HAVE ACCUSED PORN ACTOR JAMES DEEN OF
SEXUAL ASSAULTS SINCE THE LAST TIME WE REPORTED ON THE STORY.
I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE UPDATE.
BEFORE I GET INTO THE DETAILS IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT OUT THERE
THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED YET.
IT'S UNCLEAR WHETHER HE WILL BE CHARGED.
A NUMBER OF MEDIA COMPANIES THAT HE HAS HAD PARTNERSHIPS
WITH HAVE SEVERED TIES WITH HIM.
THIS ALL STARTED WHEN HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, STOYA,
TWEETED ABOUT HOW HE RAPED HER.
SHE SAID IT IS SICKENING THAT PEOPLE ARE APPLAUDING THIS
GUY WHEN HE RAPED ME.
THAT IS WHAT SHE SAID.
>> SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT HE IS A FEMINIST.
ALTHOUGH, I DON'T KNOW THAT HE PRETENDS TO BE A FEMINIST, I
THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST PUT ON HIM.
>> WELL, HE TALKS ABOUT WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND CONSENT, AND SOME
PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN HIM THAT FEMINIST TITLE.
HE HAS NEVER TAKEN IT ON HIMSELF.
HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT BY THREE ADDITIONAL
WOMEN AS OF WEDNESDAY.
A FEW DAYS EARLIER, FOUR WOMEN HAD ACCUSED HIM OF SEXUALLY
ASSAULTING THEM.
ON WEDNESDAY PORN STARS AMBER RAYNE AND KORA PETERS CAME
FORWARD TELLING THE DAILY BEAST THAT THEY HAD BEEN SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED BY HIM. RAYNE SAID HE PUNCHED HER IN THE FACE TWICE.
THESE TWO ALLEGATIONS INCLUDE HIM ABUSING THE WOMEN
DURING THE SHOOT WITH OTHER PEOPLE AROUND.
" PETERS SAID DEAN CHOKED HER, SLAMMED HER FACE INTO THE
COUCH, AND ANALLY RAPED HER DURING A SHOOT FOR WHICH
SHE HAD NOT CONSENTED TO ANAL SEX.
PETERS WAS CONGRATULATED BY THE CREW AFTER THE ASSAULTED.
LATER THAT DAY, PORN ACTRESS JOANNA ANGEL ALLEGED
PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE BY DEEN DURING THEIR 2005 TO
2011 RELATIONSHIP DURING A RADIO SHOW."
>> IF THESE CHARGES ARE TRUE IT IS A NO-BRAINER, BUT I GET
THAT PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED BY IT.
DID THAT CAMERA CREW REALLY APPLY THEM THINKING ñ
OR DID THEY THINK THAT SHE HAD CONSENT?
THERE ARE ANAL SCENES IN PORN.
THE CREW PROBABLY HAD NO IDEA THAT SHE HAD NOT CONSENTED
TO IT.
SOME OF THESE MOVIES ARE ROUGH, SO WHERE IS THE LINE FROM
WHAT THEY CONSENTED TO AND NOT?
MAYBE THAT LINE IS CLEAR BETWEEN THE ACTORS AND THE
PRODUCERS, BUT NOT THE CREW.
>> SO, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS
GOING THROUGH MY MIND RIGHT NOW.
FIRST, I THINK IT IS TELLING THAT SO MANY WOMEN ARE
COMING FORWARD NOW.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE BILL COSBY EFFECT WHERE SOME WOMEN
COME FORWARD BECAUSE THEY FEEL COURAGE TO COME
FORWARD, AND THEN OTHER WOMEN WHO MIGHT'VE BEEN AFRAID
NOW FEEL LIKE THEY CAN STAND IN SOLIDARITY AND SHARE THEIR
STORY.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE TRUE,
BUT I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SO MANY WOMEN ARE
GOING TO COME FORWARD WITH THE ACCUSATIONS.
ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO THE CREW, I HAVE READ HER ACCOUNT OF
WHAT HAPPENED AND THE WAY THAT SHE SPOKE ABOUT IT IT
SEEMED AS THOUGH THE CREW DID KNOW.
HE WORKED FOR KINK.COM WHICH IS KNOWN FOR ROUGH SEX.
YOU WATCH SOME OF THOSE SCENES AND THEY ARE BRUTAL AND
THEY ARE BRUTAL WITH THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES CONSENTING TO IT.
MAYBE THEY DID THINK IT WAS PART OF THE DEAL.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO AND
INVESTIGATED.
>> I THINK THE CONTEXT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
HE TWEETED THAT HE RESPECTS WOMEN AND KNOWS LIMITS BOTH
PROFESSIONALLY AND PRIVATELY.
THE CONTEXT HERE IS THE ONE THAT YOU OUTLINED.
THE COMPANY HAD CUT OFF TIES
WITH HIM, TRENCHCOAT ñ
>> NO, THEY HAVEN'T. LET ME GIVE YOU THE DETAILS WITH THAT.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COMPANIES THAT CUT TIES WITH HIM.
KINK.COM, EVIL ANGEL.
TRENCHCOATX IS A WEBSITE RUN BY STOYA, THE WOMAN THAT
ORIGINALLY CAME OUT WITH ALLEGATIONS.
THEY HAVE NOT CUT TIES WITH HIM BECAUSE HE IS FEATURED IN
MANY VIDEOS WITH STOYA.
>>
BUT THEY SAID THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING WITH HIM GOING FORWARD.
THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT TAKE DOWN THE VIDEOS THAT ARE
ALREADY UP.
THAT IS A PRACTICE THAT YOU CAN QUESTION, BUT THE PERSON
THAT IS THE VICTIM IN THAT CASE APPARENTLY IS ON THE SIDE
OF KEEPING THE VIDEOS UP. IT'S COMPLICATED.
THEY SAID, "THIS FACT ABOUT JAMES IS NEWS TO THE
PUBLIC, BUT NOT NEWS TO US.
WE TOOK THIS INTO CONSIDERATION BACK WHEN WE WERE BUILDING
THE SITE.
WE CAN'T UNDO THE FACT THAT HE IS FEATURED IN SOME OF THE
SCENES THAT STOYA DIRECTED DURING THEIR RELATIONSHIP."
AGAIN, THEY ARE RELATED TO STOYA, THE ONE DOING THE
ACCUSING.
>> I THINK IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT IF THIS IS TRUE THAT PEOPLE
BEHIND THE SCENES DID NOT KNOW ABOUT WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON.
IF ANYTHING WAS GOING ON AND THEY CHOSE TO STAY SILENT, THEN
I THINK THERE IS A HUGE PROBLEM THERE.
THAT IS A VERY WEAK STATEMENT CONSIDERING HOW TERRIBLE
THAT IS.
>> BOTTOM LINE, IF THEY DECIDE TO PURSUE THESE CHARGES WE
WILL FIND OUT. IT WON'T BE EASY TO PROVE.
IT HAS TO BE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT WHEN THEY GO TO PROVE IT.
HE MIGHT HAVE DONE IT AND NOT MET THE STANDARD AND THEY
MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO CONVICT HIM.