New York Daily News

Lena: Gal made up rape story

- Jessica Chia and Ginger Adams Otis

LIBERAL actress Lena Dunham, who recently tweeted that rape is something women don’t lie about, on Friday accused an actress of doing exactly that — fabricatin­g a claim of rape by a writer and producer who worked on Dunham’s hit HBO show “Girls.”

Actress Aurora Perrineau, who starred in “The Passengers,” went to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Friday with allegation­s that Murray Miller raped her in 2012 when she was 17, according to The Wrap.

But Dunham, a self-proclaimed feminist, issued a statement with “Girls” showrunner Jenni Konner defending Miller (pictured) and lumping Perrineau with “the 3 percent of assault cases that are misreporte­d every year.”

Dunham and Konner said, they had “insider knowledge” that made them confident in supporting him — and dismissing Perrineau. Dunham added that it was a shame to see a false report “as women outside of Hollywood still struggle to be believed” — apparently missing the irony that some women inside Hollywood do as well.

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