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Russell Simmons Sued for Alleged Rape & Sexual Assault by Former Def Jam Video Producer

Russell Simmons has been sued for alleged rape and sexual assault in the 1990s by a Jane Doe accuser who worked for Def Jam as a video producer.

Ms. Doe tried to continue her executive job at Def Jam but she suffered alleged panic attacks and developed an eating disorder and eventually moved across the country to California seeking new opportunities in 1997. “As detailed in the complaint, our client was sexually assaulted and harassed by her boss, Russell Simmons, while pursuing her professional ambitions as an executive at Def Jam,” Doe’s attorney Kenya Davis relayed in a statement. With the “lookback window” of New York’s Adult Survivors Act reopening, Jane Doe had the opportunity to file the federal lawsuit with the state where otherwise the statute of limitations would have expired.

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