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Music mogul Russell Simmons has been sued by a former Def Jam Recordings executive who says the label co-founder raped her at his apartment in the mid-1990s. The plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe in ...

A former Def Jam executive filed a lawsuit against Simmons in 2024, alleging that he raped her while she worked at the company in the '90s.

Def Comedy Jam is an HBO television series produced by Russell Simmons. The series had its original run from July 1, 1992 to January 1, 1997. Simmons was inspired to make Def Comedy Jam by Jerry Lewis ...

Record exec Russell Simmons has filed a defamation lawsuit against HBO and parent Warner Bros. Discovery over the 2020 documentary On the Record. Legendary record executive and Def Jam Recordings ...

Last year, Def Jam Recordings founder Russell Simmons filed a $20 million defamation lawsuit against HBO and the directors of the documentary, On the Record, for the multiple sexual assault ...

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The Def Jam founder claims that HBO "intentionally suppressed" evidence he claims would have refuted the sexual assault claims against him. Last year, Def Jam Recordings founder Russell Simmons filed ...