By Brie Stimson: Fox News
Def Jam Recordings co-founder Russell Simmions has been sued by a woman who says he raped her at his apartment while she was an executive at the company in the late 1990's.
The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday and obtained by Fox News Digital, claims that "while pursuing her career and passion as a music executive" the plaintiff, identified only as Jane Doe, was "sexually harassed, assaulted, sexually battered, and raped by her boss, Russell Simmons, a rich powerful celebrity whose wealth and influence allowed his abusive behavior to go unchallenged for decades."
The lawsuit says that when Doe first came to work for Simmons at Def Jam they had a professional relationship, but he then "revealed his true colors and, through his assautive behavior, disabled Ms. Doe's career at Def Jam, a job she loved, at the height of her success and financial viability."
Simmions' accuser went to his apartment one day, the lawsuit claims, which was a common place Simmons conducted work, when he did a "wrestling move" on Doe while they were sitting on a bed watching a rough cut of a music video for him to approve.
"The situation escalated into aggression and Mr. Simmons pinned Ms. Doe down on a bed," the lawsuit describes. "Ms. Doe repeatedly told Mr. Simmons to get off of her, but he refused. Mr. Simmons proceeded to rape her.
