Rap mogul Russell Simmons Sued for $10 Million Over Alleged Rape
Def
Jam co-founder Russell Simmons has been sued again over an alleged
rape. A woman identified as Jane Doe has filed a lawsuit against
Simmons, claiming that he raped and inflicted emotional distress upon
her. In the complaint viewed by Pitchfork,
the woman says Simmons first approached her when she and her son (who
was in elementary school at the time) were attending a rap concert
featuring Def Jam artists.
He allegedly invited the woman to an “after
party” at his hotel after she dropped her son off at home with a baby
sitter.
At
the end of the night, the woman claims that Simmons invited her to his
room, insisting that “it was not an invitation to have sexual
relations.” Simmons then allegedly closed the door and said that he was
going to have sex with her. He allegedly threatened to rape the woman’s
son if she did not comply with his demands. The woman claims that
Simmons then raped her. Jane Doe is seeking $10 million in damages. Read the full complaint. Simmons responded in a statement:
I vehemently deny all the allegations made against me. They have shocked me to my core as I have never been abusive or violent in any way in my relations with women. I have submitted myself to multiple lie detector tests. I denied forced sex and sexual harassment allegations brought against me in each test; I also answered no to the question, "Have you ever physically forced any woman to have sexual intercourse?" I passed all of the lie detector tests.
At the end of 2017, Simmons faced sexual assault and rape allegations from multiple women, which he denied. In November, he stepped down from his companies. In January 2018, the NYPD
launched an investigation regarding the allegations against him.
Simmons was then hit with a $5 million lawsuit from a woman named
Jennifer Jarosik, who claims that Simmons raped her in 2016.
Simmons
denied the allegations. “This allegation is absolutely untrue,” he wrote
in a statement. “I look forward to having my day in court - where,
unlike the court of public opinion, I will have the ability to make use
of fair processes that ensure that justice will be done and that the
full truth will be known.”
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