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Peter Sblendorio

'Entourage' actor Jeremy Piven accused by third woman of sexual assault

NEW YORK _ "Entourage" actor Jeremy Piven is now facing sexual assault allegations from a third woman.

Tiffany Bacon Scourby claims Piven forced himself onto her and pulled out his genitals during a 2003 incident inside Trump International Hotel & Tower on the Upper West Side, People magazine reported.

"He jumped on top of me. I tried to push him off and he forced me to the ground," she told People.

Scourby, 39, said she met Piven at a nightclub in New York, where she was attending a work-related event. Piven invited her to join him during an appearance on "Conan," she claims, and the next morning she joined him in his hotel room, where the alleged sexual assault occurred.

Scourby, who lives in Washington D.C., told People she remained clothed through the alleged encounter, which lasted about 15 minutes, but asserts Piven pulled out his genitals and rubbed them on her. She claims he ejaculated "all over my white turtleneck."

"I pushed him off of me and ran down the short hallway to get to the door," Scourby told the magazine. "I rubbed my chest against the wall to get his (semen) off of my sweater. I ran outside and hailed a cab and I just burst into tears."

Piven vehemently denied these allegations in a statement to People.

"Let me be absolutely clear, this simply did not happen," he told the magazine. "I would never force myself on a woman, ever. I cannot speak as to why a person would create a story like this."

He's now looking into legal options, a representative for the actor told People, saying a lie detector test would prove Piven's innocence if he took one.

Scourby's accusation emerges a little over a week after former Playboy playmate Ariane Bellamar claimed Piven groped her on two separate occasions.

"Member when you cornered me in your trailer on the #Entourage set? 'Member grabbing my boobies on the (couch) without asking?? 'Member when I tried to leave; you grabbed me by the a _, looked at yourself in the mirror, & said what a 'beautiful couple' we made?" Bellamar tweeted in a series of tweets late last week.

"Jeremy Piven, on two occasions, cornered me & forcefully fondled my breasts & bum. Once at the mansion & once on set."

Piven has also denied Bellamar's claims.

"Longmire" actress Cassidy Freeman, meanwhile, accused Piven in a Nov. 1 Instagram post of displaying "predatory behavior" and said she knows what Piven "did and attempted to do to me when I was far too young," without going into specifics.

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