Russell Simmons Nightmare Continues, More Rape Victims Call Out Def Jam Co-Founder

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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Music mogul Russell Simmons is feeling the heat. A new reports claims two women have now come forward with rape allegations against the hip-hop executive.

According to reports, the accusations stem from rape encounters dating back more than 25 years ago.

Special victims squad detectives are preparing cases for the district attorney. “The NYPD has received information regarding allegations involving Russell Simmons in the N.Y.C. area, and our detectives are in the process of reviewing that information,” an NYPD spokeswoman said in a statement. Simmons is currently facing accusations of rape or sexual assault from at least a dozen women. (New York Daily News)

Last month, Simmons reportedly took a lie detector test amid growing rape accusations.

According to Simmons’ attorneys, Michael Sterling and E. Carlos Tanner, Simmons passed with flying colors, and plans to repeat the test for allegations made by 4 other women. They say Russell will release all the results once he’s completed the tests. Russell and his legal team are inviting any of his accusers, including Khalighi, to also take a polygraph. (TMZ)

The same week, Simmons went to social media and promised to fight back against the growing sexual attack claims.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bcr6U8AgyNL/

Recently, multiple women stepped up and singled Russell out over sexual misconduct.


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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. You're likely to find me covering hip-hop news and music releases. Netflix is still my go-to before Disney Plus.

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