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One of disgraced porn star Ron Jeremy's alleged victims has spoken out about when she thought he was going to kill her while he raped her in the middle of the night.

Jennifer Steele Mondello, from Tampa, Florida, said she will 'never f***ing forget' the day she was allegedly raped by the adult entertainer as she explained her story for the first time since the incident in 1997.  

Mondello, who is a former adult performer known as Jennifer Steele, was introduced to the suspected sex pest by her manager as she tried to boost her career within the industry.

But she claims she faced a grueling night of rape and sexual assault at the hands of the then-powerful man - who is currently being held behind bars for similar crimes.  

Jeremy, 69, was charged with four counts of rape and sexual assault in August 2020, and 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.

Upon further investigation, in 2020, he was indicted on more than 30 sexual assault counts involving 21 victims and currently is still awaiting trial.

Mondello told The Daily Beast in an interview that she met the porn star at Stars Cabaret - a strip club in Beaverton, Oregon, in December 1997. He said he would let her stay at his place in Los Angeles.

She said she made clear to him that there would be no sex between them as part of the deal.

The alleged victim said they were both at a 'no-contact shoot' at Hustler Studios when Jeremy took her into a bathroom because he was having a tough time getting an erection.

He then asked her to bend over 'for a visual fluff' so he could get aroused. Jeremy promised not to touch her, Mondello claims.  

The exotic dancer explained that she agreed and bent over to face the other way, but 'Ron broke my trust and entered me.'

She quickly pushed herself away and he later convinced her that it was a 'misunderstanding' and told her it wouldn't happen again, she said.

Having no other accommodation for the night and believing his apology, Mondello stayed at Jeremy's LA home again.

However she claims he sexually assaulted her there, too.

Mondello told The Daily Beast in an interview: '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.'

She said when she refused, he raped her 'in my mouth, my vagina, and anally,' which left her with long-lasting trauma.

The dancer claims he only stopped raping her after he saw she was crying and bleeding. 

Mondello added: '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?

'He stopped when he saw tears and blood, and at that point I was relieved I would live.' 

She went on to explain that she did not come forward sooner because she thought people would have seen it 'as a joke,' because societal and cultural norms were very different in the late 90s. 

Mondello claims that she asked a police officer at the time if she had enough evidence to press charges, but based on the fact she was a sex worker, the cop said it wouldn't have been worth her time.

The exotic dancer was only interviewed by the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office in 2020 - over two decades after the alleged crimes were committed. 

Speaking about the experience, she said: 'I felt so good to tell somebody official who cared.

'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.'