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*Russell Simmons says he’s eager to confront one of his rape accusers in court after the woman appeared this week on “Megyn Kelly Today” to detail her story.
Filmmaker Jennifer Jarosik sued the Def Jam co-founder for $5 million. She accuses Simmons of first assaulting her at his New York City home in 2011, after he agreed to be interviewed for her documentary.
Jarosik recalled Simmons coming on to her “aggressively.”
“He started to kiss me and then he raped me,” she told Kelly on Tuesday’s show. “I tried to force him off, but it happened so quickly and I just froze. I think I just froze.”
Despite the reported incident, Jarosik admits she was “weak” and “forgiving,” and kept in touch with Simmons, visiting him in Los Angeles in 2016 after he agreed to co-produce her project. “He was a friend, I felt that I wanted to give him another chance,” she explained.
However, after Jarosik rejected his sexual advances on that occasion, Simmons is said to have “pounced on her” and “proceeded to rape her,” according to her filing.
“This allegation is absolutely untrue,” Simmons responded in a new statement this week. “I look forward to having my day in court – where, unlike the court of public opinion, I will have the ability to make use of fair processes that ensure that justice will be done and that the full truth will be known…
“I did not do what this lawsuit accuses me of doing… The current allegations range from the patently untrue to the frivolous and hurtful. What I will not accept is responsibility for what I have not done.”
Jarosik is the latest woman to accuse the rap executive of sexual misconduct. He previously denied eight other allegations and took a lie detector test before Christmas in a bid to prove at least one of the claims against him was false.
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