A recent spin of the “How Will Lena Dunham Disappoint Us This Time” wheel landed on “defending a man accused of rape,” as Dunham and her Girls co-showrunner Jenni Konner defended Murray Miller—a writer for the show accused of sexual assault by actress Aurora Perrineau—in a statement that basically said, “he’s always been cool to us, so she must be lying.” Dunham would later walk that statement back, and one writer for her Lenny Letter email newsletter would quit in disgust, citing Perrineau’s accusation and Dunham’s “hipster racism” as the reason for her departure. (Perrineau is biracial, and the daughter of Oz and Lost’s Harold Perrineau.)
At the time, Miller’s attorneys said that Perrineau was trying to extort money from their client, and now they are walking back that statement as well. According to Variety, Miller’s attorneys have been forced to admit that they were the ones making false claims, and that Perrineau had never requested monetary damages from their client. In a statement, they say: