Russell Simmons isn’t taking the new wave of sexual assault and misconduct allegations against him lightly. The Def Jam co-founder publicly declared his intentions to defend himself and prove his innocence after being accused of rape by four more women in new reports by the New York Times and Los Angeles Times.
On Instagram, the Hip Hop mogul posted a picture with the hashtag #NotMe in the style of the #MeToo movement, which denounces sexual assault and harassment. In the caption of the post, Simmons characterized Keri Claussen Khalighi’s original accusations against him as “The Original Sin” and intends to counter her claims with his own information.
“Today, I begin to properly defend myself,” he wrote on Thursday (December 14). “I will prove without any doubt that I am innocent of all rape charges. Today, I will focus on ‘The Original Sin’ (Keri Claussen), the claim that created this insane pile on of my #MeToo. Stay tuned! We’ll share information today… And tomorrow the case of Jenny Lumet. My intention is not to diminish the #MeToo movement in anyway, but instead hold my accusers accountable. #NotMe Again, this is not a movement against or even in conjunction with #Metoo . It’s just a statement about my innocence.”
Simmons has been accused of rape by a total of six women. Three more have accused him of sexual misconduct.
Bill cosby 2.0 here we go!
White media always trying to implicate a brotha. Seriously white people, worry about your own molestors and leave everyone else alone
dude is advocating on behalf of molestors lol
Yea i hear them pedophiles form all kinds of societys and shit together really about defending eachother birds of a feather and what not SMH all defending his buddy they share pictures and videos
Are you slow? The vast majority of people implicated in these sex scandals are white. You’re not a victim, you just think like one
The vast majority implicated are fake jevvs aka khazars.
(((White media)))
Ummm, Russell is far from being singled out here. Just one of many in what seems like a long line of possible/likely rapists, more of which are white by the way.
Pedophiles of a feather flock together I guess. I’d rather these weird mf’ers get called out. Next up are all the rappers he propositioned to suck him for a deal
Nice to see someone taking a stand against these lying money-hungry bitches
If they couldn’t get a female before having money & power,guarantee their story will have this chapter! It’s usually what motivated their rise to success to begin with…”if I were rich I would make pretty girls do anything I want!” Come to find out Russell a bigger creep than R.Kelly
Careful how move n who u affect, can come back to aunt big time. Only punk assaults women