Woman suing Russell Simmons claims he raped her

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 



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