Russell Simmons hit with new claims of sexual assault by Jane Doe

Hip hop icon Russell Simmons is facing a new claim of sexual assault and accused of chillingly telling his alleged victim: ‘I’m going to f**k you or I’m going to f**k your son,’ Dailymail.com can reveal.

Simmons is being sued for $10million by a woman who claims he raped her in a hotel room in Sacramento, California and threatened to rape her young son if she didn’t comply.

An attorney for the unidentified woman, named on legal papers as Jane Doe, filed the lawsuit in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, making her the 16th woman to allege Simmons was guilty of a sex crime.

Court documents, obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com, allege Simmons – founder of Def Jam Recordings – invited the woman to his hotel room following a concert in Sacramento.

The alleged victim, who is from Sacramento, says she attended a hip hop concert to chaperone her son who was in elementary school at the time and a fan of Def Jam.

New claims: A 16th woman has come forward and has accused hip hop legend Russell Simmons (pictured in LA on March 17) of raping her in a hotel room in Sacramento, California 

An unidentified woman, named on legal papers as Jane Doe, filed the lawsuit in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. She is suing for $10M 

An unidentified woman, named on legal papers as Jane Doe, filed the lawsuit in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. She is suing for $10M 

During the concert, the papers allege, Simmons, 60, approached Doe and invited her and her son to come backstage and meet the artists, which they did.

The music mogul then invited her to go to the ‘after party’ at the now closed Clarion Hotel where he was staying after dropping her son off at home with a babysitter, the papers claim. 

Simmons and Doe socialized at the hotel bar before he asked the woman to show him some local nightclubs.

‘They went to the CoCo Palms nightclub and then returned to the hotel with the intention of continuing to socialize at the bar,’ the documents state.

Simmons then enticed the woman up to his room because he said he had to get something.

She was reluctant, but Simmons assured her that he wasn’t interested in sex because he was dating a well-known model, the papers say.

Assured by Simmons’s ‘lies’, she agreed to join him up in the room.

The documents, filed by attorney Douglas Mastroianni, state: ‘After entering the room, Simmons shut the door and said ‘I am going to f**k you.’ Plaintiff said she had no intention of having sexual relations with Simmons — but he replied ‘I am going to f**k you or I’m going to f**k your son. You decide.’

The papers added: ‘[Doe] was shocked that Simmons would threaten her — let alone threaten to rape her young son. Simmons threw her on the bed and raped her.’

Simmons allegedly invited the Jane Doe to his room at the now closed Clarion Hotel in Sacramento after she attended a Def Jam concert with her son. It is here where he allegedly raped her

Simmons allegedly invited the Jane Doe to his room at the now closed Clarion Hotel in Sacramento after she attended a Def Jam concert with her son. It is here where he allegedly raped her

Simmons is the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings. The woman claims she attended a Def Jam Concert to chaperone her son who was in elementary school at the time (Pictured above is Simmons and Jay Z in 2005) 

Simmons is the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings. The woman claims she attended a Def Jam Concert to chaperone her son who was in elementary school at the time (Pictured above is Simmons and Jay Z in 2005) 

According to the papers there’s at least one witness who saw the woman leave the hotel room in tears and she apparently told several people about the rape at or near the time of the attack.

Unusually, the lawsuit doesn’t give an approximate date of the incident.

The documents say the woman suffered ‘severe emotional distress’ and is seeking $10million in punitive damages.

Mastroianni told DailyMail.com: ‘I have a daughter so I admire and am grateful for women like my client who have come forward to expose Russell Simmons.

‘This case, and others like it, will make the world safer for women and we have people like my client to thank for that.’

Fifteen other women including directors, fashion mavens, and models have accused Simmons of raping, harassing, or assaulting them in claims dating back to the early 1980s.

He vigorously denied their accusations, releasing a statement each time another’s allegation was published.

In December, as more emerged, Simmons vowed to start his own campaign to clear his name.

The last woman to have publicly accuse Simmons was Jennifer Jorasik (above), who claims he sexually assaulted her in his home in 2016

Jennifer Jorasik

The last woman to have publicly accuse Simmons was Jennifer Jorasik (above), who claims he sexually assaulted her in his home in 2016

He called it #NotMe and promised to hold his accusers ‘accountable’ for what he said were lies.

On the heels of the Golden Globes and with the trending topic showing no signs of slowing, sources close to him revealed he had abandoned the campaign because he feels it is a time for ‘women to speak.’

Simmons stepped down from his business empire last month as the controversy boiled over.

In an effort to clear his name, he took a polygraph test in December which he passed.

The questions he answered as part of it were about Keri Claussen Khalighi, a former Victoria’s Secret model who was the first to share accusations against him.

Simmons referred to her allegation – that he raped her in his apartment in an attack witnessed and participated in by Brett Ratner – as ‘the original sin’.

Brett Ratner and Russell Simmons at the 2009 Vanity Fair Oscar party

Keri Claussen Khalighi, a former Victoria's Secret model, was the first to share accusations against Simmons in November. She claimed the producer and director Brett Ratner raped her in his apartment

Keri Claussen Khalighi (right) a former Victoria’s Secret model was the first to share accusations against Simmons in November. She claimed the producer and director Brett Ratner raped her in his apartment

He insists all of his interactions have been consensual, but did admit ‘inappropriate conduct’ in some instances, ‘apologiz(ing) for the instances of thoughtlessness in my relationships with women.’ In January, another woman accused Simmons of rape.

The anonymous woman alleged that Simmons raped her in 1991 at his Manhattan apartment after forcing her onto his couch and trying to remove her dress.

She reported her allegations to the NYPD along with Sherri Hines, who previously shared her story on Megyn Kelly.

On January 24, Jennifer Jarosik also accused Simmons of rape; she filed a suit against him asking for $5 million in damages. 

Who are the 16 women accusing Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct?

Natashia Williams-Blach

Natashia Williams-Blach

Sherri Hines 

Sherri Hines 

Comedian Amanda Seales

Comedian Amanda Seales

Natashia Williams-Blach 

An actress who appeared in How To Be a Player, a film produced by Simmons, alleges that in 1997, the mogul tried to force her to perform oral sex. 

She was 18 and was visiting him at home at the time. She was able to escape by making excuses, she said. 

Sherri Hines   

A singer, alleges that during a meeting with Simmons in his New York office in 1983, he raped her. 

Hines was an aspiring singer at the time and was known by her stage name Sheri Sher. 

‘It happened so fast that the next thing I know, my pants were down and he was having his way,’ she said last month.

Amanda Seales

The Insecure actress claims that Simmons once asked her during a meeting: ‘Have we ever f****d?’

She made the claim on Instagram last month but gave no further information about when he made the comment 

Drew Dixon

Drew Dixon

Tina Baker

Tina Baker

Toni Sallie 

Toni Sallie 

Two ex-employees at his LA yoga studio

The unidentified women say Simmons say that he often made women feel uncomfortable by creating a sexually charged atmosphere

Drew Dixon 

A former executive at Def Jam recordings, she claims she was raped by Simmons in 1995. 

She was 24 at the time and had been working for Simmons for a year during which time she claims he regularly exposed his erect penis to her and asked her to sit on his lap during meetings 

Tina Baker 

Baker, a singer who Simmons managed in the early 90s, claims he sexually assaulted her after inviting her to his apartment to ‘discuss her career’.

They had been at a nightclub earlier but as soon as they got into his apartment, she claimed he began pouring drinks and trying to kiss her. 

When she tried to fight him off, she said he pushed her on to the bed and raped her.

Keri Claussen Khalighi

Keri Claussen Khalighi

Kelly Cutrone 

Kelly Cutrone 

Jenny Lumet

Jenny Lumet

Jennifer Jarosik

Jennifer Jarosik

Toni Sallie

Sallie was a young music journalist when she says Simmons raped her in 1988 at his apartment after she was invited to attend a party there for his then-girlfriend  

Keri Claussen Khalighi 

The former model’s claim was the first to become public in November. She says Simmons raped her in his apartment as Brett Ratner watched and that she asked Ratner to help her but he refused. 

Simmons calls her claims ‘the original sin’ because they were the first out of the new wave to emerge. Both he and Ratner deny her version of events 

Christina Moore 

Moore said Simmons led her and a friend to a hotel room in Miami in 2014 where he allegedly pushed her up against a column and ran his hands over her body 

Kelly Cutrone 

The fashion PR maven says Simmons tried to rape her after a party in 1991 but that she escaped him  

Jenny Lumet 

Lumet alleges that she was forced into having sex with Simmons in 1991 after he locked her in his car and took her back to his apartment against her will when the pair, who were acquaintances, ran into each other at a club. 

Lumet said she was powerless to stop him even through a driver was present throughout the journey. 

She says she saw Simmons for years afterwards and was civil towards him

Lisa Kirk 

Kirk claims Simmons pushed her into a bathroom in 1988 and exposed himself to her. 

She says she was able to escape and screamed before running away from him

Jennifer Jarosik

In a lawsuit she filed on January 24, 2018, Jarosik alleges that Simmons invited her to his home in 2016 and propositioned her for sex.

When she refused, Simmons allegedly used violence and forced himself on her and raped her.

Jarosik said the incident left her ‘sick, sore, lame, disabled and disordered, both internally and externally and suffered from extreme emotional distress.’

She is seeking in excess of $5million in damages. 

Unnamed woman

The woman claims Simmons raped her in 1991 at his apartment when she was 32  

Unnamed woman 2 

The woman claims Simmons raped her at the Clarion Hotel in Sacramento after a concert  

 



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