‘Girls’ Writer Murray Miller Accused of Sexual Assault by Actress Aurora Perrineau
Actress Aurora Perrineau has filed a police report accusing “Girls” writer Murray Miller of sexual assault, which Miller denied in a statement through his attorney on Friday.
Deputy Charles Moore of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to Variety that Perrineau filed a report. The Los Angeles Police Department is handling the investigation.
In a statement, attorney Matthew B. Walerstein denied the allegation. “Mr. Miller categorically and vehemently denies Ms. Perrineau’s outrageous claims,” reads the statement. “After being contacted several weeks ago by lawyers who—on Ms. Perrineau’s behalf—sought substantial monetary damages from him, Mr. Miller’s legal team gathered overwhelming evidence directly contradicting these false and offensive claims. Only after her demands for money were rebuffed did Ms. Perrineau go to the police. Mr. Miller looks forward to sharing all evidence and information with any and all authorities seeking the truth in this matter.”
Perrineau had a small role in Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt’s 2016 sci-fi thriller “Passengers,” and played Shana in 2015’s live-action “Jem and the Holograms.” She is also the daughter of “Lost” actor Harold Perrineau. Her representatives declined further comment.
Miller, whose credits also include episodes of comedies “King of the Hill” and “American Dad,” is listed as a writer of seven episodes of HBO’s drama “Girls” between 2013 and 2017. HBO declined comment on the news.
The Wrap first reported Perrineau’s allegation.
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