Russell Simmons has filed a lawsuit against HBO as well as Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick, creators of the 2020 documentary film On the Record, which explored allegations of sexual assault and harassment from multiple women against the music mogul. The legal filing submitted in civil court in Manhattan alleges …
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The former Def Jam executive who claimsRussell Simmonspinned her down andraped her inside his Manhattan apartmentin the mid-1990s has revived her lawsuit against the music mogul after it was derailed by a federal judge last month. The Jane Doe plaintiff refiled her complaint today in New York state court. A …
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A former Def Jam employee who says Russell Simmons pulled a “wrestling move” and raped her in his New York apartment in the mid-1990s is asking a judge to reject the hip-hop mogul’s claims he can’t be sued in federal court in New York because he’s now a “stateless” U.S. …
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Russell Simmons is facing another lawsuit, this time for defamation after former music executive Drew Dixon claims the Def Jam Records co-founder defamed her by calling her a “liar” after she accused him of sexually assaulting her, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone. Dixon, who worked as an …
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A former Def Jam executive has sued Russell Simmons for sexual harassment and battery, claiming the embattled label founder pulled a “wrestling move” to pin her to the bed in his New York apartment and raped her in the 1990s, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone. The Jane …
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