Rap mogul Russell Simmons has become the latest prominent Hollywood figure to be accused of sexual assault, after a woman came forward to detail an incident alleged to have occurred at Simmons’s New York City apartment in 1991 in which film director Brett Ratner was also allegedly involved.
Keri Claussen Khalighi told the Los Angeles Times she was a 17-year-old model when Simmons and Ratner invited her to dinner at New York City restaurant Mr. Chow. After dinner, the pair reportedly invited Khalighi back to Simmons’s apartment to show her a music video they had been working on.
The visit to Simmons’s apartment quickly turned sexual, Khalighi alleged.
In a statement Sunday, Simmons — who co-founded the Def Jam Recordings record label in 1983 and quickly became a highly influential figure in rap and hip-hop — “completely and unequivocally” denied Khalighi’s claim.
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