Russell Simmons Denies Assault Allegations + Terry Crews Puts Him on Blast

According to a new report, a woman has accused Russell Simmons of s*xually assaulting her when she was 17 years old.

Keri Claussen Khaligh was a fashion model when she met Simmons.

The LA Times writes:

Keri Claussen Khalighi was a 17-year-old fashion model from a farm town in Nebraska when she met Brett Ratner and Russell Simmons at a casting call.

Ratner was an up-and-coming music video director and a protege of Simmons, the Def Jam Recordings mogul. They took Khalighi to dinner one night in 1991 at Mr. Chow in New York, and then back to Simmons’ apartment to show her a music video they’d been working on.

Quickly, Simmons began making aggressive s*xual advances, yanking off her clothes, Khalighi said.

“I looked over at Brett and said ‘help me’ and I’ll never forget the look on his face,” she recalled. “In that moment, the realization fell on me that they were in it together.”

Khalighi said that Simmons, who was then about twice her age, tried to force her to have intercourse. “I fought it wildly,” she said. He eventually relented and coerced her to perform oral s*x, she alleged. “I guess I just acquiesced.”

Ratner, meanwhile, “just sat there and watched,” she said.

Feeling “disgusting,” Khalighi said she went to take a shower. Minutes later, she alleged, Simmons walked up behind her in the shower and briefly penetrated her without her consent. She said she jerked away, then he left. “It hurt so much.”

Russell has responded to the allegations on Instagram:

Actor Terry Crews also tweeted the following:

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10 comments

  1. So I believe the model. Any man who likes to prey on teenagers has issues! How is he any different from R Kelly?! I never understood why he didn’t get any backlash for his actions. He’s a predator!

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