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Russell Simmons Sued for Alleged Rape of Def Jam Producer in ’90s
A former Def Jam Recordings producer accused Russell Simmons of raping her at his apartment in the late 1990s.
A former music video producer sued Russell Simmons on Tuesday, alleging that he raped her when she worked for Def Jam Recordings in the late 1990s. The suit alleges that she was “forever changed” by the assault, that she suffered from dissociation, depression and anxiety, and that she turned in her notice at Def Jam shortly afterward. In a podcast interview last year, Simmons acknowledged being in “compromising situations,” but said he had taken and passed nine lie detector tests dealing with the allegations of violent conduct.
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