February 12, 2025
A Manhattan federal judge has dismissed a suit accusing music producer and Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons of sexual assault, saying Simmons is now a permanent resident of Indonesia over whom the court has no jurisdiction, though the plaintiff plans to refile the claims in state court.
April 16, 2024
A lawyer for hip-hop mogul and Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmons told a Manhattan federal judge Tuesday that a 1997 settlement agreement and release bars a former label executive from pursuing her rape claims in court.
February 13, 2024
A former executive at Def Jam Recordings accused the label's co-founder, Russell Simmons, in a New York federal lawsuit filed Tuesday of raping her at his Manhattan apartment in the 1990s.