In the ’80s, Toni Sallie, a music journalist, was thrilled to be covering Russell Simmons and other visionaries she saw as the future of black music. http://nyti.ms/2z9KwCv pic.twitter.com/wlkFUQnlqN
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In the ’80s, Toni Sallie, a music journalist, was thrilled to be covering Russell Simmons and other visionaries she saw as the future of black music. http://nyti.ms/2z9KwCv pic.twitter.com/wlkFUQnlqN
Toni Sallie said Russell Simmons raped her in 1988. To this day, she said, “I don’t feel comfortable in a room full of men.” http://nyti.ms/2z9KwCv [corrected typo]pic.twitter.com/oJdgTWnkh3
“I didn’t sing for almost a year.” —Tina Baker, a performer who said Russell Simmons raped her in his apartment in the early ’90s, when he was her manager http://nyti.ms/2z9KwCv pic.twitter.com/mLEQ8h2qlV
Drew Dixon left Stanford in 1992 to join the hip-hop revolution. She says Russell Simmons sexually harassed her repeatedly when she was an executive at Def Jam. She is accusing him of raping her in 1995. http://nyti.ms/2z9KwCv pic.twitter.com/34A6NpBWKc
Drew Dixon cited the lingering criticism of black women like Anita Hill and Desiree Washington as contributing reasons for staying quiet until now. http://nyti.ms/2z9KwCv pic.twitter.com/OMt3pNgvHM
“I gave up something that I loved to do. I erased myself,” Drew Dixon said. Now, “I want people to know why.”http://nyti.ms/2z9KwCv
When told in detail about the rape accusations and other misconduct, Russell Simmons said: “I will relentlessly fight against any untruthful character assassination that paints me as a man of violence.” http://nyti.ms/2z9KwCv pic.twitter.com/kb9ut3O9U5
Read Russell Simmons’s full statement on the rape allegations leveled against him:http://nyti.ms/2ATOZby
This is a major problem with America. Some American women now see raising sexual accusation against men as lucrative business. They don't care about their victims' reputation especially the one contesting for political post. They need to have a rethink.
Yes, THAT'S the major problem with America. Sure, bud.
They're making serious BANK saying they were raped, right?
Why is everyone coming out now? why didn’t they come out when it happened. help me understand because if someone raped me i would report it
Did you read the full article?
sorry I didn’t. way too many sexual assault articles to read.
Read it. They ALL told people. All of them.
Lisa is a MAGA dolt which explains why she's missing the point.
She tweets that Huckabee “is a role model for women and young girls.” That’s why nothing’s getting through.
oh boy a Bernie supporter. i have no time for you. i’m empathic just started with a simple question and it got out of control. MAGA
no ma'am clearly you're not
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