--- title: Lena Dunham Lawyers Threaten Lawsuit Over Sex Abuse Allegations description: Her lawyers demand "a prominent public apology." canonical: https://time.com/3557597/lena-dunham-lawsuit-sex-abuse/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-05T01:53:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:15.306Z og:title: Lena Dunham's Lawyers Threaten Lawsuit Over Sex Abuse Allegations og:description: Her lawyers demand "a prominent public apology" og:url: https://time.com/3557597/lena-dunham-lawsuit-sex-abuse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5aa81831f03aae3/6987640b35ba6f300fc04cc1/lena-dunham.jpg?branch=production&width=1022&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1022 og:image:height: 575 og:image:alt: Lena Dunham og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lena Dunham's Lawyers Threaten Lawsuit Over Sex Abuse Allegations twitter:description: Her lawyers demand "a prominent public apology" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc5aa81831f03aae3/6987640b35ba6f300fc04cc1/lena-dunham.jpg?branch=production&width=1022&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lena Dunham's Lawyers Threaten Lawsuit Over Sex Abuse Allegations > Sponsored content. 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In a [letter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/custom/Documents/ESQ/Dunham.pdf) dated Nov. 1, Dunham’s legal counsel explains to the right-leaning media outlet Truth Revolt that its story, titled “Lena Dunham Describes Sexually Abusing Her Little Sister,” was “highly defamatory,” according to the document obtained by _The Hollywood Reporter_. Her lawyers also demanded “a prominent public apology” and an immediate and permanent removal of all forms of the article, the letter said. The writer-actress went on [a self-described Twitter “rage spiral”](http://time.com/3554403/lena-dunham-rage-spiral-media/) over the weekend in response to the Truth Revolt’s allegations that parts of her new book, _Not That Kind of Girl,_ describe her “experimenting sexually with her younger sister Grace, whom she says she attempted to persuade to kiss her using ‘anything a sexual predator might do.'” Dunham further addressed the situation Tuesday in [an exclusive statement to TIME](https://time.com/3556513/lena-dunham-sexual-abuse-controversy/), in which she said she does not condone abuse. 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