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Russell Simmons Hit With Defamation Lawsuit From Alleged Rape Victim for ‘Calling Her A Liar’

Russell Simmons was hit with a defamation lawsuit by one of his alleged rape victims, who claims he suggested she was lying in a podcast interview.

Her allegations were also at the center of On the Record, a 2020 documentary film that featured interviews with numerous other women who have made other abuse accusations against Simmons. Just last week, Simmons was hit with new accusations in a federal lawsuit that claims he raped a former Def Jam video producer in the 1990s. In her complaint, her lawyers say the “six people” Simmons mentioned “necessarily includes Ms. Dixon,” and thus his statements “have the effect” of accusing her of lying in her allegations: “Mr.

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