Lena Dunham defends a male writer and executive producer on her TV show "Girls" who is accused of raping an actress when she was 17. "Passengers" actress Aurora Perrineau filed a police report against Murray Miller for sexually assaulting her after a night out in Los Angeles in 2012.

"I woke up in Murray’s bed naked," Perrineau stated. "He was on top of me having sexual intercourse with me. At no time did I consent to any sexual contact with Murray." she added.

During their night out, Perrineau said she "repeatedly" told Miller she was 17.

"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 says in a statement.

"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. "... We stand by Murray and this is all we’ll be saying about this issue."

An attorney for Miller accused Perrineau of trying to extort money from him. "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 revealed. "Only after her demands for money were rebuffed did Ms. Perrineau go to the police."