Russell Simmons Accusers Don’t Think Music Business Will Have Its #MeToo Moment

Oprah Winfrey continued to have an open conversation with black artists and activists on Wednesday aimed at determining how America can help eradicate systemic inequality and racism. Winfrey's two-night conversation, called "Where Do We Go From Here?", featuring director Ava DuVernay, former U.S.

Russell Simmons has once again denied the sexual assault allegations against him, insisting that while he’s guilty of being a “playboy”, he has never forced himself on anyone.

Russell Simmons has once again denied the sexual assault allegations against him, insisting that while he’s guilty of being a “playboy”, he has never forced himself on anyone.Accusations against the hip-hop mogul first emerged in 2017, in a New York Times article in which Drew Dixon, a former executive at his Def Jam record label, claimed Simmons raped her at his apartment in Manhattan, New York.Two more women, Sil Lai Abrams and Sheri Sher, have also accused Simmons of sexual misconduct, but as

On the Record — which features accounts from multiple women accusing Russell Simmons of rape — the hip-hop mogul was invited onto The Breakfast Club, where he once again denied the allegations against him."Back then, I thought it was a game…. There were no Black actresses that I didn’t date and they’re my friends today," Simmons said on the long-running radio show.

Following the debut of HBO Max's sexual assault documentary On the Record — which features accounts from multiple women accusing Russell Simmons of rape — the hip-hop mogul was invited onto The Breakfast Club, where he once again denied the allegations against him. "Back then, I thought it was a game….

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMusic mogul and entrepreneur Russell Simmons, who has been accused of rape or sexual misconduct by multiple women, as recounted in the recent documentary “On the Record,” appeared on “The Breakfast Club” Wednesday morning — and the Time’s Up movement and one of his accusers were quick to respond.

Music mogul Russell Simmons is opening up about the sexual assault allegations brought against him in the HBO documentary “On the Record.” The documentary gives first-hand accounts of rape claims made against Russell by multiple women, allegations that he has repeatedly denied.In an interview with the Breakfast Club, Russell talks about how he felt when he heard the accounts of these women. “I could never say that someone doesn’t feel victimized,” Russell Simmons said.

Teaching your daughters to have ‘boundaries’ and say ‘no’ won’t protect them from rapists like you @UncleRUSH I said ‘NO’… ‘STOP’… ‘PLEASE’… ‘I’M BEGGING YOU’… and CRIED, while you ripped off my clothes, pinned me down and told me to stop fighting.

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In December 2017, two months after sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein came to light, former music industry executive Drew Dixon went public with her story accusing hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons of rape. When the documentary On The Record, which recounts her story and decision to come forward, debuts May 27 on HBO Max, it lands at a different moment on the #MeToo trajectory.

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