LOS ANGELES: Hip-hop magnate Russell Simmons was slapped Friday with a US$10-million rape lawsuit filed by a woman in Los Angeles, the latest in a string of accusations against him ranging from harassment to rape. The unidentified woman said in the complaint filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court that the mogul raped her in a hotel after the two met at concert and then went to a club. At least nine women have now come forward with misconduct allegations against the 60-year-old Simmons. In January, aspiring filmmaker Jennifer Jarosik sued him for alleged rape, seeking US$5 million as she called for a reckoning in the hip-hop industry on the mistreatment of women. Filmmaker Jarosik alleged in her suit that Simmons – who stepped down from all of his business roles after the first allegations against him surfaced – propositioned her for sex.

Source: New Strait Times March 24, 2018 05:03 UTC