Russell Simmons Sued For $10M Over Alleged Rape
A complaint filed by a Jane Doe alleges that Russell Simmons raped her. This new case, which is asking for $10 million, comes less than two months after another woman hit him with a $5 million dollar lawsuit.
As Hollywood Reporter reports, the lawsuit alleges that the unnamed plaintiff met Russell when she was taking her son to a rap and hip-hop concert. She accepted his invitation to attend an afterparty at his hotel and, after dropping her son off with a babysitter, met Simmons for drinks and to go clubbing. She claims he said he had to pick something up from his hotel room, brought her there and forced sex on her.
“There is at least one witness who saw Jane leaving the hotel room in tears and Jane told several people about the rape at or near the time of the assault,” the complaint reads. “Therefore, there is substantial independent corroboration of the horrific event.”
Russel responded:
“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.”