Global porn star Rocco Siffredi, whose life inspired the Netflix series Supersex, is taking legal action against an investigative show aired by Italian broadcaster Mediaset and 16 aspiring porn actresses who claimed on camera during the show that they were victims of non-consensual sex acts on Siffredi’s part.
Siffredi, who has made around 1,400 hardcore films, officially retired from porn in 2022, although he continues to direct and produce adult films. His Budapest-based Rocco Siffredi Production Company, which includes the Siffredi Hard Academy, is touted as the world’s first “porn university”.
In the spring of 2025, Mediaset’s program “Le Iene” repeatedly aired a segment featuring the testimonies of 16 young women who attended the Siffredi Heard Academy and alleged sexual misconduct by Siffredi on-site during their stays in Budapest.
According to new Italian agency ANSA and other Italian reports, Siffredi has responded to the Le Iene investigation by filing a defamation lawsuit in a Milan court against the show’s writers and producers and 16 women.
Mr. Siffredi and his legal team filed a 200-page complaint that purportedly refuted the claims of the women interviewed by Le Hienne.
Siffredi’s defense documents reportedly include hours of footage of scenes shot on set, as well as consent videos of the actresses before and after filming, in which she says everything was consensual. A court in Milan has launched a formal investigation.
Rocco Siffredi Productions did not immediately respond to Variety’s request for comment.
“This year has been difficult and painful, especially for families. But we still believe in justice!” Siffredi wrote on Instagram.
Below is the full statement issued by Mediaset regarding this matter.
“In the spring of 2025, Le Hienne aired testimonies from a series of women who reported allegations of bullying, abuse and violence they suffered while working in the adult entertainment industry. Together with them, we began to consider consent, a highly topical and globally debated topic.”
“We learned from several articles in major Italian newspapers about the libel lawsuit filed by Mr. Rocco Tano against our program and against women who reported alleged violence and abuse on and off set.”
Le Hienne believes then and now that it has acted with fairness, professionalism and transparency, fully exercising its right to report on matters that are clearly of public interest, especially at a time when the majority of women are still too afraid to talk about or report the violence they have suffered. ”
“We are surprised that news of this lawsuit, along with the version of events told by the men interviewed by the women, has received more attention than the testimony of the alleged victims.”
