Tuesday, October 15, 2024

(Watch) Russell Simmons Finally Talks About His Many Allegations of Sexual Abuse in Rare TV Interview

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DefJam Records founder Russell Simmons has been persona non grata for several years now since lawsuits and allegations against him for sexual abuse and harassment.

Now Simmons, who was a major player in music and philanthropy until everything fell apart, has given an interview to Canadian broadcaster Graham Bensinger.

The syndicated show will be running this weekend. But the show has put up clips on YouTube which you can find here. And here’s a link to past stories about Simmons on this site.

Here’s the main interview. Some of his statements are not fact checked. But this is what he had to say.

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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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