She called the visit she made to his Nantucket home a “traumatic experience,” alleging that he started filming her without her consent while she performed oral sex and choked her so hard during sex she couldn’t breathe. One woman, Madison (sources were given pseudonyms due to fear of retaliation from Portnoy’s fans), said she was 20 when she started speaking to the 43-year-old millionaire. November 2021: Portnoy is accused of having “violent” sex with multiple women.

Now, one week later, he has officially filed suit against Insider for defamation and invasion of privacy.

Again, Portnoy has denied the allegations, posting a brief Twitter message accusing Insider of running a “hit piece” on him. On February 2, 2022, Insider published a follow-up report with more allegations against Portnoy, including claims that he filmed multiple women during sex without their consent. Portnoy has denied the allegations against him. The internet personality, whose public behavior is essentially synonymous with Barstool’s brand of frat-bro misogyny, has been accused in the past of cultivating an environment where sexual harassment and cyberbullying are encouraged, but the original Insider report published in November of 2021 was the first time someone has come forward publicly with allegations of sexual misconduct against him. Months after an Insider report by Julia Black alleged that Dave Portnoy, the founder of Barstool Sports, had “violent and humiliating” sex with women as young as 19, another article has been published expanding on even more allegations against him.

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