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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Lena Dunham's legal team threatened legal action against Truth Revolt, the conservative organization that accused the 28-year-old writer and actress of sexually abusing her little sister. Dunham's lawyers said Truth Revolt's story, which garnered national headlines over the weekend, was "completely false and fabricated, and highly defamatory." They also called on Truth Revolt to retract the story and issue a public apology.
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"The story is false, fabricated, and has the obvious tendency to subject my client to ridicule, and to injure her in her occupation," Dunham's attorney, Charles Harder, wrote in a letter obtained by The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday.
The article, titled "Lena Dunham Describes Sexually Abusing Her Little Sister," referenced several passages from Dunham's book, Not That Kind of Girl.
In one excerpt, Dunham says she was 7 years old when she "leaned down between" her little sister's legs and "carefully spread open her vagina."
Truth Revolt said it has no plans to meet Dunham's demands.
"We refuse to withdraw our story or apologize for running it," editor Ben Shapiro wrote on the organization's website.
Because quoting a woman's book does not constitute a 'false' story, even if she is a prominent actress and left-wing activist. Lena Dunham may not like our interpretation of her book, but unfortunately for her and her attorneys, she wrote that book -- and the First Amendment covers a good deal of material she may not like.
On Twitter, Dunham said the allegations sent her down a "rage spiral."
"The right wing news story that I molested my little sister isn't just LOL- it's really f**king upsetting and disgusting," she wrote.
