suggestions that borisjohnson turned down an offer by his director of communications to resign, after it that emerged jack doyle was at the christmas party at no.10 last year, which would have broken covid rules. two sources told the bbc that mr doyle offered his resignation, but that mrjohnson would not accept it. this year's downing street christmas party has been cancelled. here's our political correspondent ben wright. besieged on three fronts — his authority, competence and integrity under scrutiny. after a torrid week for borisjohnson, there is no sign the pressure on the prime minister is easing. for a start, continuing questions about a party held in downing street last december — one of three gatherings now being investigated by the country's top civil servant. cabinet secretary is i'm sure investigating all these questions, so we will see the results of that in due course. but last christmas i was spending my time getting trade deals over the line. we now know this man, number 10 press chief jack doyle, was at the event on 18 december. sources have told the bbc mr doyle offered boris johnson his resignation but the prime minister would not accept it — something downing street denies. the second political headache facing the prime minister concerns his costly flat refurbishment. downing street has said officials are now liaising with boris johnson's adviser on standards, lord geidt, following the publication of a report yesterday into how the work was paid for. hi, nice to see you. sir keir starmer, today meeting people helping in the aftermath of storm arwen, stopped short of calling for mrjohnson to quit, but... he's not fit for office, and because he's not fit for office he won't resign. and the question really is for tory members of the cabinet, tory mps, to ask themselves, are they prepared to put up with this? for now the answer is yes. many tory mps are miserable, but they're not yet mutinous. one former cabinet minister told me he thought borisjohnson was being let down by number10, with no common sense and little political nous, and tory mps are likely to stick with mrjohnson so long as he still looks like an electoral winner, and a by—election in shropshire next thursday will put that to the test. before that, the third problem facing borisjohnson. on tuesday, parliament will vote on new covid measures for england, including vaccine passports for some venues. more than 50 conservative mps have said they plan to rebel against the government, so there's little respite for number 10, which today cancelled this year's christmas party. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. now on bbc news, for decades, the world's most famous male porn star, ronjeremy, allegedly groped, assaulted and raped women. ginger banks, one of the first adult performers to shine a spotlight on ronjeremy�*s behaviour, speaks about her struggle to get the industry to take action. and a warning that this programme contains sexual content and some upsetting scenes. i want to tell you about a man called ronjeremy. he would probably say that he is the greatest porn star who ever lived. he's starred in more that 2000 adult films, and he is also kind of a mainstream celebrity. probably one of the most famous porn stars around, ronjeremy... the one and only ronjeremy... it's ronjeremy! ron jeremy, very famous pornographic thespian. ronjeremy, i am your biggest fan, it is an honour... and now he has been accused of rape and sexual assault by dozens of women, stretching back decades. ronjeremy has been indicted on 33 counts, among them rape and other sexual assault charges. now ronjeremy has maintained his innocence all of these allegations... i want to tell you about how he was arrested. and how he came to be in prison awaiting trial. my name is ginger banks, i have been involved in the sex work industry for going on 12 years now. we play little zen, gordon... i have done 10 porn scenes on professional porn sets and like, over 200 of my own. this is my plaque for reaching 100,000 subscribers on pornhub. these are my awards that i keep in my closet. this is the best sex scene that i won for my first professional boy—girl scene, and this is my community advocate award that i won from the company that i had to fight the hardest to get ronjeremy banned from. ifirst met ronjeremy at the abn awards, and he walked by and like, put his hand on my as in myjeans. i told some of my friends in the industry about it, and they were like, "oh yeah, that's just what he does". i thought this was kind of strange, so i started looking around online and i found tons of videos of him touching women in public, and it wasn't clear how they felt about it. i thought it was absolutely disgusting. somebody has to call this guy out. it became obvious to me that he was somebody that needed to be prevented from having access to future victims, and so i wanted to create a youtube video that made itjust as obvious to anybody who watched this video. there have been allegations of rape and sexual assault against ronjeremy that go back as far as august 2003. how does ronjeremyjust being a porn star give him the right to assault these females? i got a lot of hate from releasing this youtube video, but it also led to more women coming forward. i don't really know if i told anyone, i don't think i even did because i felt like it wouldn't have mattered, and nobody really would have cared. also, when things like this happen to you and you are a porn star, it is alreadyjust assumed that it it is supposed to happen to you because you are a porn star. my name is tana lee, and i am a retired adult actress, and i know ronjeremy because he raped me in 2015 before i everjoined the adult industry. so i knew who ronjeremy was before i met him, i knew that he was the king of all porn. i came to la and one of my friends was doing some kind of radio show. it was like, "oh, i am doing a radio show if you would like to come, ronjeremy is going to be on it, and it would be a great opportunity for you to get in porn". so i was like, oh my god, so cool, great. so ijust remember ubering to that house, walked in, ron jeremy was already sitting by himself, and then immediately — like, i don't think i'd even talked to him for like one or two minutes, he was like, "stand up, let me see, turn around." like, looking at my butt and stuff, and then proceeds to pull down my pants, and i am like, no, pulling away in the video and everything, telling him no, but like...yeah. and my friend is, like, filming it and encouraging me to do it, and like... it was just kind of bleep, now when i think about it, at the time i didn't give a bleep, and i was like, just kind of whatever, but, also, i didn't even know who was at that house, you know? i hadn't even seen who they were interviewing down below. what if it is four more dudes, and i am up here, you know, complaining about ron jeremy? like, that is not going to go over well to me. so i am just like being playful, ha—ha, ok, but you can't be playful with ron, he doesn't take no as an answer. if that happened to my future child or anyone i knew, i would call it rape. so, i guess because it's me i think that it is like...not... i think that it is like...not... i think as a sexual woman or as a sex worker, you are kind of like...abused into believing that you deserve less. like, you are constantly told by so many, like, parts of society that you don't deserve the same things that other women deserve, that you kind of start to believe them yourself. what people don't realise is ron is actually the most mellow guy in the world. all you got to do is say, "stop it, ronnie!" i have seen it, he will stop instantly. i don't think enough people were saying, "stop it, ronnie." my name isjim powers. i direct adult movies in the los angeles area, and i used to be ronjeremy�*s cameraman in the 1990s. i am shooting a thing called cuckold sessions today, and you're going to come into the typical porn set as they exist in porn valley. this is the perfect house for porn. this place has shot thousands and thousands of porn. i have shot people here, i have shot people in the jacuzzi, in the gym, zillions of spa scenes right here. i am jennifer white and i am here to shoot some content for my website. first time i met ron was on set. i know him pretty well, i would say. i wasn't there for any of the allegations that were made against him, so i can't really speak on that _ but my personal experience with him — is he a perv? yes, 100%. is he touchy—feely? yes, he is. but if you you were to say to him, like, "ron, not right now," he would stop immediately. i mean, it isjust ron, that is how he is, but at the time, should he be held accountable for his actions? yes, absolutely. everybody should. i kind of view porn sets as more of like the wwe of our industry. like, you know, like, i do have fun, it is great, but it is a performance. this is what porn, like, professional porn wants you to look like when you go onset. back then, i had no idea how to set my boundaries and stick to them, and i was willing to conform, i was willing to change the way i looked, the way i acted so that other people would like me. yeah, this was that day on set where it was a threesome scene, and the scene progressively got rougher, he ended up choking us both until we both blacked out, it was a terrible day, terrible aftermath of everybody at the company and everyone else being like, "well, you guys didn't say anything during the scene, so you know, it's your own fault," when in reality, like, scenes like that should be discussed beforehand, like if you are going to choke someone out or hit them or bite them until you leave bite marks on them, you should probably discuss that before it happens. the power in the industry is really shifting from studios and directors to performers themselves. my my name is ej dixon, i am a senior staff writer at rolling stone, and in 2017 i published an in—depth investigation about the against ronjeremy. i first heard rumours about ronjeremy and his behaviour in 2015, 2016, and the response sort of across—the—board from the mainstream was... well, who cares, he has a porn star, why is this surprising that he is assaulting women? there was a very wide range of allegations against ronjeremy are ranging from groping, grabbing somebody�*s rests at a convention without their consent, to rape. i probably spoke to more than two dozen women who had allegations against ronjeremy. my main question was how was this allowed to go on for so long? to be honest, i first started admitting that this was a rape when — admitting that this was a rape when ginger banks came forward. because _ when ginger banks came forward. because without ginger, there would — because without ginger, there would be — because without ginger, there would be so many silent victims _ would be so many silent victims. we are approaching the condo _ victims. we are approaching the condo complex where ron used to live. condo complex where ron used to live and — condo complex where ron used to live and i— condo complex where ron used to live. and i think he lived here up live. and i think he lived here up until— live. and i think he lived here up until he _ live. and i think he lived here up until he was charged. i was here _ up until he was charged. i was here probably three or four times _ here probably three or four times. we would go swimming here _ times. we would go swimming here and — times. we would go swimming here and hang out with his daughters, cherry. she is very cute — daughters, cherry. she is very cute that _ daughters, cherry. she is very cute. that was probably the highlight of coming here and... yeah, — highlight of coming here and... yeah, really nice on the outside. _ yeah, really nice on the outside, but pretty rotten on the inside. my name is alexis miller— the inside. my name is alexis miller and i used to consider ron— miller and i used to consider ronjeremy to be a dear friend. intermittently, i had been in the industry for almost 14 years _ the industry for almost 14 years. about two months into my being _ years. about two months into my being in— years. about two months into my being in the adult industry, i -ot being in the adult industry, i got a — being in the adult industry, i got a call— being in the adult industry, i got a call from my agent and he asked _ got a call from my agent and he asked me — got a call from my agent and he asked me if i would be interested in doing a film with ronjeremy. i said yes, i said, why— ronjeremy. i said yes, i said, why not? _ ronjeremy. i said yes, i said, why not? i_ ronjeremy. i said yes, i said, why not? i was 20. he would have — why not? i was 20. he would have lreen— why not? i was 20. he would have been probably around 50. we shol— have been probably around 50. we shot our scene... it was pretty— we shot our scene... it was pretty uneventful. my friendship with ron jeremy commenced that day. we talked a lot onset, — commenced that day. we talked a lot onset, he was really down to earth _ lot onset, he was really down to earth. he was really funny. we became instant friends. the night that the attack occurred, i was there with some friends — occurred, i was there with some friends at — occurred, i was there with some friends at the rainbow room. we were _ friends at the rainbow room. we were having a good time. i was walking — were having a good time. i was walking towards the front of the restaurant and in walks my old friend _ the restaurant and in walks my old friend ronjeremy. it had been — old friend ronjeremy. it had been probably three years since i been probably three years since i had _ been probably three years since i had last— been probably three years since i had last seen him. we had maybe — i had last seen him. we had maybe spoken on the phone a couple — maybe spoken on the phone a couple of— maybe spoken on the phone a couple of times. things were fine — couple of times. things were fine at — couple of times. things were fine at that point. how have you — fine at that point. how have you been? have you ever seen the kitchen before? ron took me through— the kitchen before? ron took me through the kitchen, and it is a long — through the kitchen, and it is a long kitchen. there was one door— a long kitchen. there was one door lefl~ _ a long kitchen. there was one door left. and that door was the daughter the bathroom. ron took my— the daughter the bathroom. ron took my hand and he put it around _ took my hand and he put it around his genitals. he then proceeded to... pull his pants down — proceeded to... pull his pants down and _ proceeded to... pull his pants down and push my head down at the same — down and push my head down at the same time. i froze. i didn't— the same time. i froze. i didn't know what to do. but my response — didn't know what to do. but my response to him should have been — response to him should have been a — response to him should have been a not take it further. in the days— been a not take it further. in the days after the attack, physically, i was sore. psychologically i gaslight it myself. i told myself that there _ myself. i told myself that there was no point in telling anybody— there was no point in telling anybody because who would believe _ anybody because who would believe me at that point. i was 'ust believe me at that point. i was just a — believe me at that point. i was just a twentysomething porn star — just a twentysomething porn star. ~ .. ., just a twentysomething porn star. ~ ., ., star. when we reach out to him for comment. _ star. when we reach out to him for comment, he _ star. when we reach out to him for comment, he straight - star. when we reach out to him for comment, he straight up i for comment, he straight up said verbatim, i am a groper. that is what i do, basically. almost that it was expected for him to manhandle women at these events, and i want to be clear that there were women who consented to that. there were women who were consenting to the sexual encounters with ron or consenting to find that out have their breasts signed or are subscribed. it is fine. the key word here is consent. as i dug deeper into my reporting, i discovered that he had been called out a number of times. these allegations are stemmed back decades in some cases, and there were police reports filed against him. but they never really... made it that far. i mean, it was incredibly stressful. i had a ten—month—old baby at the time and i was working a full—time job in addition to reporting out the story, and i would just spend hours and hours every night on the phone with survivors. ej's article was really well written, it was really well written, it was really well written, it was really well documented and researched, so that was one of the catalysts that we needed. the media has so much power and so much influence. once you get the media involved, sometimes the media involved, sometimes the authorities take notice. mr; the authorities take notice. my name is axel. i am the most awarded _ name is axel. i am the most awarded adult film director in history — awarded adult film director in history i_ awarded adult film director in history. i don't know he is history. idon't know he is that— history. i don't know he is that handsomeness. again, i am not somebody who ever saw that, but this— not somebody who ever saw that, but this type of thing happens. i but this type of thing happens. i heard — but this type of thing happens. i heard about this, i heard about— i heard about this, i heard about this, i heard about most of this— about this, i heard about most of this when all the accusations started to come out, — accusations started to come out, but _ accusations started to come out, but then again, i never really— out, but then again, i never really went to the rainbow with hint _ really went to the rainbow with hint h— really went to the rainbow with him. . ., really went to the rainbow with him. �* ., ., really went to the rainbow with him. . ., ., , ., him. a lot of these alleged sexual assaults _ him. a lot of these alleged sexual assaults happened l him. a lot of these alleged l sexual assaults happened at him. a lot of these alleged - sexual assaults happened at the rainbow room. that was the place he went. the rainbow was very good to run, they come to me tons of food, they lay — let him stay there before and after. they have a cover charge frequently. he never paid. his friends didn't pay, they were very good to him. my name is moss. i was ronjeremy pollock personal assistant. from 2002 until the day he was arrested injune of 2020, nobody spend more time with him than me. i told ron numerous times, i lost count, just don't touch them. because especially as more and more things piled up in the media, i was like, ron, the way to avoid this is just not put your hands on them. at the very least they will arrest you in your home or their home. don't do it in bathrooms. don't put your hands on them. we never listened. he didn't want to hear, he didn't hear, hejust did didn't want to hear, he didn't hear, he just did what he wanted to do. as far as i know, what ron is accused of the rainbow is the same stuff he is accused of at other locations. he has a private bathroom for staff right in the kitchen. it is tiny, smaller than a broom closet. it is so small you can barely get one person in there. but he is accused of taking women in their and sexually assaulting them. that is what he is accused of. i have seen him bring them back there countless times. he would grab them by the hand and lead them back there and he not have to pull them, they would willingly go. it is accused of assaulting women in the bathroom. i go. it is accused of assaulting women in the bathroom. i have been with _ women in the bathroom. i have been with ron _ women in the bathroom. i have been with ron jeremy - women in the bathroom. i have been with ron jeremy at - women in the bathroom. i have been with ron jeremy at some | women in the bathroom. i have i been with ron jeremy at some of been with ronjeremy at some of these _ been with ronjeremy at some of these places like the rainbow and i— these places like the rainbow and i have seen people coming up and i have seen people coming up to— and i have seen people coming up to him — and i have seen people coming up to him left and right, women hitting _ up to him left and right, women hitting on— up to him left and right, women hitting on him. i have seen ron jeremy— hitting on him. i have seen ron jeremy get pulled into the bathroom by women before. what ithink— bathroom by women before. what i think about the women making the allegations, i'd do think a good — the allegations, i'd do think a good chunk of them are probably 'ust good chunk of them are probably just in— good chunk of them are probably just in it — good chunk of them are probably just in it for trying to get a payoff _ just in it for trying to get a payoff. if— just in it for trying to get a payoff. if you are showing up at a — payoff. if you are showing up at a party— payoff. if you are showing up at a party and drunk at two o'clock. _ at a party and drunk at two o'clock, three o'clock in the morning _ o'clock, three o'clock in the morning and ronjeremy is there and you — morning and ronjeremy is there and you start flirting with him and you start flirting with him and you — and you start flirting with him and you say no, you are also responsible for that — but you don't — responsible for that — but you don't say— responsible for that — but you don't say no. responsible for that - but you don't say no— don't say no. that is why eo - le don't say no. that is why peeple don't _ don't say no. that is why people don't come - don't say no. that is why i people don't come forward. don't say no. that is why - people don't come forward. i feel— people don't come forward. i feel like _ people don't come forward. i feel like they— people don't come forward. i feel like they deserved - people don't come forward. i feel like they deserved it - people don't come forward. ij feel like they deserved it and i feel like they deserved it and i absolutely _ feel like they deserved it and i absolutely felt _ feel like they deserved it and i absolutely felt like - feel like they deserved it and i absolutely felt like i - i absolutely felt like i deserved. _ i absolutely felt like i deserved. i— i absolutely felt like i | deserved. i continued i absolutely felt like i i deserved. i continued to gaslight— deserved. i continued to gaslight myself- deserved. i continued to gaslight myself and - deserved. i continued to gaslight myself and i- deserved. i continued to . gaslight myself and i think part— gaslight myself and i think part of— gaslight myself and i think part of me _ gaslight myself and i think part of me block _ gaslight myself and i think part of me block it - gaslight myself and i think part of me block it out - gaslight myself and i think part of me block it out onl gaslight myself and i think . part of me block it out on my own — part of me block it out on my own system _ part of me block it out on my own system for— part of me block it out on my own system for a _ part of me block it out on my own system for a while. - part of me block it out on my own system for a while. i - part of me block it out on my own system for a while. i mean, i found own system for a while. i mean, i found out _ own system for a while. i mean, i found out that _ own system for a while. i mean, i found out that he _ own system for a while. i mean, i found out that he had - own system for a while. i mean, i found out that he had been, i ifound out that he had been, like, reported to the authorities multiple times, only for rape, but groping people and nothing had been done about it. i never expected him to be arrested be honest with you. him to be arrested be honest with ou. ., him to be arrested be honest with yon-— him to be arrested be honest with ou. ., g , , with you. ron jeremy has been indicted on _ with you. ron jeremy has been indicted on 33 _ with you. ron jeremy has been indicted on 33 counts, - with you. ron jeremy has been indicted on 33 counts, among i indicted on 33 counts, among them rape and other sexual assault charges. prosecutors sa the assault charges. prosecutors say the alleged _ assault charges. prosecutors say the alleged victims - assault charges. prosecutors | say the alleged victims range in age — say the alleged victims range in age from 15 51 a 23 year span~ _ in age from 15 51 a 23 year san. ., . g y in age from 15 51 a 23 year san. ., ., g , span. ronald jeremy has maintained _ span. ronald jeremy has maintained his _ span. ronald jeremy has. maintained his innocence, span. ronald jeremy has - maintained his innocence, his attorney— maintained his innocence, his attorney not _ maintained his innocence, his attorney not talking _ maintained his innocence, his attorney not talking today. i maintained his innocence, his| attorney not talking today. he remains — attorney not talking today. he remains in _ attorney not talking today. he remains in custody, _ attorney not talking today. he remains in custody, and - attorney not talking today. he remains in custody, and if- attorney not talking today. he remains in custody, and if hel remains in custody, and if he is convicted _ remains in custody, and if he is convicted on _ remains in custody, and if he is convicted on one _ remains in custody, and if he is convicted on one or- remains in custody, and if he is convicted on one or two i remains in custody, and if he is convicted on one or two of| is convicted on one or two of these — is convicted on one or two of these charges, _ is convicted on one or two of these charges, he _ is convicted on one or two of these charges, he is - is convicted on one or two of these charges, he is very- these charges, he is very likely— these charges, he is very likely looking _ these charges, he is very likely looking at - these charges, he is very| likely looking at spending these charges, he is very- likely looking at spending the rest of— likely looking at spending the rest of his— likely looking at spending the rest of his life _ likely looking at spending the rest of his life behind - likely looking at spending the rest of his life behind bars. i rest of his life behind bars. more — rest of his life behind bars. more people _ rest of his life behind bars. more people are _ rest of his life behind bars. more people are going - rest of his life behind bars. more people are going to. rest of his life behind bars. - more people are going to come forward for sure. i think a lot of girls now are realising that being around jeremy violated their whole existence because he is just a their whole existence because he isjust a creep. ihla their whole existence because he isjust a creep.— he is 'ust a creep. no matter what he isjust a creep. no matter what happens _ he isjust a creep. no matter what happens to _ he isjust a creep. no matter what happens to ron, - he isjust a creep. no matter what happens to ron, what i he isjust a creep. no matter i what happens to ron, what he thrives on the most is attention, and i can tell you that the attention that he is receiving injail, and if he makes it to present, they will receive their is not the type of attention that he wants. i of attention that he wants. i think inside the porn industry, there — think inside the porn industry, there has— think inside the porn industry, there has been a pendulum that has swung way too hard in the side _ has swung way too hard in the side of— has swung way too hard in the side of men have all the power, men _ side of men have all the power, men have — side of men have all the power, men have all the influence, and ithink— men have all the influence, and i think it — men have all the influence, and i think it slowly came back and that is— i think it slowly came back and that is where the reckoning within— that is where the reckoning within the industry happened was that it was finally time for the _ was that it was finally time for the women to be listened to. , ., ., ., to. things are never going to be the same. _ hello. a big change in the feel of the weather through this weekend with some milder air spreading from the west. but with that, a fair amount of cloud, some mist and murk and hill fog, and some outbreaks of rain at times. on the earlier satellite picture, a slice of clear sky, and where that clear sky remains, quite a cold start to saturday morning. the coldest weather of the whole weekend, in fact. out west, more cloud, and with that, some milder weather, which is slowly, but surely going to crawl its way eastwards through the day. so, temperatures in eastern parts starting the day below freezing, western areas well above. belfast at 6, plymouth at 8 degrees, and as we go through the day, the milder, but cloudier and wetter conditions will work eastwards. so early sunshine in eastern scotland, eastern england, that won't last long, things will tend to cloud over. briefly a bit of sleet and snow over high ground in scotland. but as you can see, it will turn back to rain because as this wet weather continues to track eastwards, it will introduce ever milder conditions. so 12 degrees for belfast, for cardiff, for plymouth, just 6 in aberdeen, 7 in norwich. but actually, as we go through saturday night, we will bring that milder weather further eastwards. whereas we normally expect temperatures to drop through the night, they won't across some eastern parts of england, for example, ending the night at 10 degrees in norwich and hull, 5 there in aberdeen, very mild out towards the west. all the while, some cloud, some outbreaks of rain, some clear spells across the northern half of the country. then through sunday, again, there's going to be quite a lot of cloud. that cloud producing some outbreaks of rain at times, especially through north—west england, northern ireland, up into south—west scotland. some brighter glimpses here and there and a very, very mild afternoon, 8 to 14 degrees. now, we have to keep a close eye on developments during sunday night, because this small, but potent weather feature is expected to pass closer to the far north—west, a deepening area of low pressure. that is set to bring some very strong winds across parts of northern ireland, but perhaps most especially in exposed parts of western and northern scotland, particularly for the western and northern isles, there could be some really quite stormy weather for a time. we will keep you posted on that one throughout the weekend. into next week, it stays relatively mild. a bit of rain around fora time, perhaps settling down later in the week. this is bbc world news, i'm simon pusey. our top stories: british scientists warn 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