Twitter Blasts Lena Dunham For Defending 'Girls' Writer Accused Of Raping Minor

Actor Lena Dunham spoke out against sexual harassment allegations made against a male writer and executive producer on her TV show "Girls" on Friday, who has been accused of raping an actress when she was 17 years old.

According to the Wrap, "Passengers" actress, and daughter of "Lost Star" Harold Perrineau, Aurora Perrineau filed a police complaint alleging that Murray Miller sexually assaulted her after a night out in Los Angeles in 2012, when she was a minor.

"I woke up in Murray’s bed naked," Perrineau said in a statement for a polygraph test she took in September, the website reported. "He was on top of me having sexual intercourse with me. At no time did I consent to any sexual contact with Murray."

During their night out in Los Angeles, Perrineau said she had "repeatedly" mentioned to Miller that she was 17.

Dunham and "Girls" showrunner Jenni Konner issued a joint statement to the Hollywood Reporter on Friday defending Miller.

"During the windfall of deeply necessary accusations over the last few months in Hollywood, we have been thrilled to see so many women’s voices heard and dark experiences in this industry justified," Dunham and Konner's statement said.

" ... But during every time of change there are also incidences of the culture, in its enthusiasm and zeal, taking down the wrong targets," it continued.

"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 percent of assault cases that are misreported every year," the statement added.

Social media users were quick to react to Dunham's stance on the matter. While some said she should be called a feminist, others pointed out to one of her posts on Twitter in August that said women don't lie about rape.

Dunham had been one of the first ones to applaud women, who spoke out about producer Harvey Weinstein, calling them brave.

An attorney for Miller, however, accused Perrineau of trying to extort money from him after the alleged assault. "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," Don Walerstein told the Hollywood Reporter. "Only after her demands for money were rebuffed did Ms. Perrineau go to the police."

Perrineau's mother Brittany Perrineau has vehemently denied that anyone from her legal team or family asked for monetary damages from Miller.

"At no time have we ever asked Murray Miller for $1. There was never a demand for money ever made from anyone on behalf of Aurora or our family," she said.

Walerstein, told the Wrap that Miller "categorically and vehemently denies Ms. Perrineau’s outrageous claims," adding that his legal team had "gathered overwhelming evidence directly contradicting these false and offensive claims."

Miller was an executive producer or co-executive producer on 52 episodes of the TV show "Girls," which ran for six seasons on HBO before it went off the air earlier this year. He has also worked on the animated shows like "American Dad!" and "King of the Hill."