Girls showrunners Lena Dunham and Jennifer Konner have come out in support of Murray Miller after actor Aurora Perrineau filed a police report Friday alleging the writer sexually assaulted her, according to Buzzfeed News.

According to The Wrap, Perrineau claims that Murray raped her in 2012 when she was 17 years old. Based on a polygraph test from September, which Perrineau says she passed, she met Miller at the Standard Hotel while having drinks with some friends. The group eventually drove the 35-year-old to his home because he was intoxicated. Then they all went inside, although Perrineau claims she did not want to go into the house.

“At some point, I woke up in Murray’s bed naked. He was on top of me having sexual intercourse with me. At no time did I consent to any sexual contact with Murray.”

Miller’s attorney, Matthew Walerstein, said his client “categorically and vehemently denies Ms. Perrineau’s outrageous claims.” According to Walerstein’s statement to The Wrap, Perrineau had lawyers contact Miller several weeks ago seeking “substantial monetary damages” from him.

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.

Dunham and Konner told Buzzfeed News that they are ‘confident’ this is a rare instance of someone misreporting sexual assault,

…during every time of change there are also incidences of the culture, in its enthusiasm and zeal, taking down the wrong targets. We believe, having worked closely with him for more than half a decade, that this is the case with Murray Miller. While our first instinct is to listen to every woman’s story, our insider knowledge of Murray’s situation makes us confident that sadly this accusation is one of the 3% of assault cases that are misreported every year. It is a true shame to add to that number, as outside of Hollywood women still struggle to be believed. We stand by Murray and this is all we’ll be saying about this issue.

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