Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons is currently fighting allegations from over a dozen women accusing him of sixual misconduct [click here if you missed that].
Now Russell is accused of failing to pay an agreed $3 million settlement to three of the accusers...
From Variety
Russell Simmons owes three women $3 million after failing to pay them previously agreed-upon settlements, according to court records.
Three confessions of judgment were filed Wednesday in New York County Supreme Court on behalf of journalist Sil Lai Abrams, Sherri Abernathy and Wendy Carolina Franco. The documents were part of confidential settlement agreements the women entered into with the music mogul in November 2023.
Simmons agreed to pay each woman substantial sums “for claimant’s alleged personal, physical injuries and sickness,” by Oct. 1. But according to the documents, he has failed to pay.
He provided the confessions of judgment to the plaintiffs last year, as part of the settlement. In the event of a default, they give the plaintiffs an expedited means to obtain judgments in New York state court and to begin the collections process.
Simmons pledged to pay $1,265,000 each to Abrams and Abernathy, and $515,000 to Franco. Under the settlements, Simmons did not admit any wrongdoing.
Legal representatives for both the women and Simmons did not respond to Variety’s requests for comment.
The documents do not explicitly state why the original settlements were made, but Abrams, an author and domestic violence activist, has previously made allegations that Simmons raped her in 1994. In 2020, she participated in the documentary “On the Record” which focused on Black women’s experiences in hip-hop.
4 comments:
He's not paying probably because he's already moved his money to a non U.S. bank with no garnishment agreements in thise countries qand he never plans on coming back, especially after seeing Bill and Diddler's outcome. It's interesting because I believed Russell was foul quicker than I did Bill. Russell laughing at a Harriet Tubman porn was sick. He always gave me very creepy vibes
Das all. Pay that and sink back into your pool in Bali. A small price to pay or are you in fact innocent?
He represents hip-hop, doesn't he?
He never intended to pay.
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