By Michael Zennie and Helen Pow PUBLISHED: 23:14 EST, 11 April 2013 | UPDATED: 01:01 EST, 12 April 2013 TechCrunch blog founder Michael Arrington has denied claims he raped and physically abused an ex-girlfriend, insisting she made up the 'impossible' accusations because she was bitter he had taken up with a new lover. Arrington, a Silicon Valley kingmaker, is demanding Jenn Allen unconditionally retract a series of 'false and defamatory' statements she made about him on Facebook in recent weeks and has threatened legal action if she doesn't oblige. He also said he has involved police. Allen, herself a tech entrepreneur, claimed Arrington had physically and emotionally abused her during their eight year relationship, culminating in the alleged rape on March 5, 2012, and said he threatened to kill her if she told anyone. In a subsequent post on a news site, she claimed that Arrington had also sexually assaulted a friend.
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Jenn Allen, who says she dated Silicon Valley titan Michael Arrington for eight years, made a post on Facebook claiming he had abused her
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Allen also wrote that Arrington had raped her friend
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Arrington's attorney has denied the claims and sent Allen a stern letter demanding she retract them
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Says the pair were in different cities on the night of the alleged rape
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Also made public sexy photos Allen sent Arrington the day after she says he raped her
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Arrington founded the influential Silicon Valley blog TechCrunch and later sold it for $25million
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