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Russell Simmons Sued By Ex-Def Jam Exec For Alleged 1990s Rape
A former Def Jam Recordings executive is suing label co-founder Russell Simmons, alleging he raped her in 1997. Simmons has faced several of misconduct suits.
At the peak of her career success at Def Jam, making award-winning videos for their biggest artists, she experienced overwhelming anxiety, shame, humiliation and debilitating low self-esteem. She tried to continue to work at Def Jam, but just a short time after the assault, to the surprise of peers and colleagues, she gave notice, quit the job she loved, and moved across the country to California.” Before that suit’s filing, former model Keri Claussen Khalighi accused Simmons in 2017 of forcing her to engage in sex when she was 17 and also implicated filmmaker Brett Ratner.
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