Sylvester Stallone denies claim he raped woman in 1990

Santa Monica Police Department confirms receiving report of sexual misconduct

Sylvester Stallone poses at the premiere of "The Promise" in Los Angeles, California (REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni)

Sylvester Stallone is threatening legal action against a woman whom he says falsely accused him of rape, according to TMZ.

The website cites Mr Stallone’s attorney, Marty Singer, saying Mr Stallone was reacting to an accusation of raping a woman in his Santa Monica office in 1990.

According to TMZ, Mr Stallone admitted having met the accuser during a movie shoot but said no rape occurred. He specifically denies seeing her at all in 1990, when the alleged incident is said to have taken place. A message left with Mr Singer’s assistant was not immediately returned.

A spokesman for the Santa Monica Police Department confirmed receiving a report alleging “some sort of sexual misconduct from back in the 1990s involving Mr Stallone”.

“We’re still looking into it and are going to investigate the matter” and forward findings to the district attorney’s office, Lt Saul Rodriguez told The Independent.

Earlier this year, Mr Stallone faced a separate allegation of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old-girl. The claim surfaced in a decades-old police report obtained and published by the Daily Mail.

While The Independent was not able to obtain a copy of that police report, a spokeswoman for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said the formatting of the report published in the Daily Mail suggested it was authentic.

Though his spokeswoman Michelle Bega, Mr Stallone rejected the initial allegation as false.