Last year former Real Housewives of Potomac cast mate Katie Rost publicly accused her ex-husband, Dr. James Orsini, of shocking levels of physical and mental abuse [click here if you missed that].
Katie claims it was Russell Simmons who encouraged her to come forward...
Katie Rost tells Page Six,
“When I was going through all of that crap and all of the pain with coming forward as a survivor, Russell so strongly [said] to me, ‘Katie, you need to write about these things. You have to tell everyone what happened with this pain of your life. He was such a strong voice that it sort of took my breath away reading that he might go down in flames.”Russell is currently being accused of sexual misconduct by over a dozen women [click here i you missed that].
Fun Fact: Back in December Andre Harrell confirmed rumors that Russell Simmons moved to Bali.