Russell Simmons Breaks Silence On 2017 Rape Allegations, Denies Claims

Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons is talking out about a number of rape allegations made towards him years in the past … and he is persevering with to disclaim sexually assaulting anybody.

The music mogul opened up concerning the claims towards him on Wednesday’s episode of “In Depth with Graham Bensinger” … saying, “I’ve never been violent to anybody” — including all his relationships “have been consensual.”

He owns as much as being insensitive and utilizing “crude” language throughout sexual encounters through the years, however shoots down the notion he is been “forceful” with any previous companions.

Additional, he complains he is suffered enormously because of the allegations … saying, “All my five charities have gone down.” Nevertheless, he applauds the #MeToo motion — which fueled the warmth on Simmons in 2017 — by saying, “It’s done a lot of great work for women. It sensitized men in ways they were not sensitized, and for that I’m grateful.”

Simmons stops wanting flat-out calling his accusers liars, and as an alternative, suggests that is extra about altering occasions and attitudes towards intercourse. He says he is had hundreds of sexual companions through the years, however thinks it isn’t truthful to check the local weather of at present to the way it was 40 years in the past.

As we reported, a number of girls came forward claiming Russell sexually assaulted them through the years. He was additionally sued by Jennifer Jarosik in 2018 over comparable allegations — however the case was dismissed months after she filed. Simmons maintained her allegations have been “absolutely untrue.”

By the best way, Graham flew to Simmons’ dwelling in Bali — the place he is lived since 2017 — to do the interview, however Simmons denies fleeing, saying … “Because I left and I spend so much time here, people assumed that I really left and ran even though I’m back in America all the time.”