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    Exclamation Lena Horne's Grandaughter, Jenny Lumet: Russell Simmons Sexually Violated Me

    Writer Jenny Lumet: Russell Simmons Sexually Violated Me (Guest Column)

    The screenwriter of 'Rachel Getting Married' and 'The Mummy' (and the daughter of filmmaker Sidney Lumet) details a terrifying encounter with the legendary music producer, who says he is stepping down from his businesses in the wake of the new claims. Russell Simmons, a prolific music and TV producer and co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, was accused of sexual assault and harassment by model Keri Claussen Khalighi in a Nov. 19 article in the Los Angeles Times. Simmons then denied the incident in a letter published Nov. 22 by The Hollywood Reporter. The letter prompted Jenny Lumet — an award-winning screenwriter (Rachel Getting Married, The Mummy), the daughter of filmmaker Sidney Lumet, and granddaughter of singer/activist Lena Horne — to pen a response detailing her own experience with Simmons.
    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...column-1062934

    On Nov. 22, 2017, Russell Simmons wrote:

    "I have never committed any acts of aggression or violence in my life. I would never knowingly cause fear or harm to anyone."

    Dear Russell:

    I met you around 1987, through Rick Rubin, who has always been kind to me. Rick knew my sister through NYU and asked me, at the upstairs bar in a nightclub called the Palladium, to be in a movie you were producing that Rick was directing, starring RUN DMC. It was, frankly, a lousy movie, and I was terrible in it.

    Over the next three or four years, I would see you out and about, at a nightclub called Nell's mostly. I don't recall you and I ever just going out to dinner, or having a one-to-one experience; we were always in groups, and we had many, many mutual friends. You were charming and funny and charismatic and self-deprecating. Not being in the music business made it possible for me to relax around you. And you were a fan of my grandmother, respected her, and told me so. You seemed sincere.

    You pursued me, lightly, on and off, over a course of years, saying you had a thing for a "little yellow girl" (me). I rebuffed. It wasn't deep, as far as I knew. It was never a big deal. You had, I assumed, many women in your orbit.

    Once you sent me 250 balloons with the note "Please baby, please baby, baby, baby, baby" after a character in a Spike Lee movie. It was light, fun, and flattering. We continued to socialize in the same places. We continued to have a large group of mutual friends.

    One night circa 1991, when I was around 24, I was at a restaurant called Indochine. I had worked there when I was 17, as the coat check girl, and I enjoyed returning. I still knew some of the staff at this point and felt quite comfortable there. I remember I was wearing one of the Azzedine Alaia tops that were everywhere that year. And hoop earrings. I think it was cool enough for a jacket. Because I remember being glad I had a jacket by the end of that night.

    You had a car and a driver that evening. Sometime later, you offered me a ride to my home. I said, "Sure." During the making of the RUN DMC movie, I had been in vans with you and other crew members. I don't recall having accepted a ride home alone with you before that night.

    At no time that night did I say: "Russell, I will go home with you." Or "Come home with me." Or "I will have sex with you." Or "I have the desire to have sex with you."

    I believe it was an SUV, because I recall having to step up into the car. I don't know about makes or models. I think the driver was already in the car.

    I got into the car with you. The driver began to drive. I assumed you knew where I lived, because you had sent me 250 balloons, but I gave the driver my address on 19th Street and 2nd Avenue.

    You said to the driver: "No."

    I didn't understand, so I said: "Russell?"

    I said, again, to the driver: "19th Street."

    Again you said to the driver: "No."

    Then the car doors locked. It was loud. The noise made me jump."

    https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...column-1062934

    How many more will be 'outed' for the sexual predators they are? I felt as though I were there watching this unfold as Miss Lumet wrote. She's a powerful writer. I'm glad she told her story. Maybe it'll encourage others to tell. There may still be time to bring these rapists to justice.
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    thank you for posting that.

    wrenching as it is, it speaks louder than any railing that's taking place right now.

    I'm glad she wrote it.

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    Oh, my.



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    That story is just so dreadful. I can't imagine her emotions when that was going on.

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    Uh, that's called RAPE!!!!

    Sadly, back then, no policeman would have taken it seriously.
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    I had no use for that scumbag before this, and I definitely don't have any now.

    He helped create the narrative, thru his rap/hip-hop dyNASTY, of violence and drug culture.

    I'm glad Ms. Lumet spoke up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FaithfulOne View Post
    I had no use for that scumbag before this, and I definitely don't have any now.

    He helped create the narrative, thru his rap/hip-hop dyNASTY, of violence and drug culture.
    Amen, Sistah!

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    Quote Originally Posted by FaithfulOne View Post
    I had no use for that scumbag before this, and I definitely don't have any now.

    He helped create the narrative, thru his rap/hip-hop dyNASTY, of violence and drug culture.

    I'm glad Ms. Lumet spoke up.
    I never liked him either Lorrie. I’d watch Rev Run’s show from time to time and whenever Russell and the oldest brother were on there, they both gave off a very creepy vibe. And Russell cusses like he’s possessed by a demon. He’d call Kimora (his ex-wife) just to make sure his daughters were doing their “chants” everyday. Something wrong with that man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    That story is just so dreadful. I can't imagine her emotions when that was going on.
    Right. As I was reading her describe what happened, I felt her anguish. And believe it or not, there is this one woman I have a conversation going on who believes that Lumet is doing this to get money from Simmons.

    Unbelievable that a woman would feel this way after reading Jenny’s account of what happened and knowing that Simmons has been accused by another woman for similar acts.

    This female insists that it’s all about getting paid. When I informed her that Lumet has her own money (she’s worth $15 million), that didn’t deter her. She’s attacking Lumet hard. It’s shocking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by victoryword View Post
    Uh, that's called RAPE!!!!

    Sadly, back then, no policeman would have taken it seriously.
    That’s exactly what it is. And you’re right. Simmons was blowing up in the the business and it probably would’ve been hushed up. I wonder if she had told her father, if he would’ve had something done legally or otherwise?
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