A right-wing website called Truth Revolt published an article this weekend containing an extract of Lena Dunham's new book. The author of the article, Bradford Thomas, makes the claims that the extract demonstrates that the creator of Girls "sexually abused" her little sister at the age of seven and runs with the headline "Lena Dunham Describes Sexually Abusing Her Little Sister".

Thomas's article attempts to arouse suspicion about the incident, which relays a tale of finding pebbles in her sister's vagina. Dunham is furious, cancelling two events in Europe that she was expected to attend to promote her book Not That Kind Of Girl.

Dunham has been accused of being Islamophobic, homophobic and racist online before, but a child molester at the age of seven is probably one of the most bizarre allegations made against the actress and writer.

She tweeted her apologies to the people who were set to attend the legs of her book tour in Germany and Belgium. It's as yet unconfirmed how many more cancellations the Truth Revolt article will prompt. We have contacted her for comment and will update the story when we can.