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Russell Simmons Addresses Sexual Assault Allegations: ‘I Could Never Say That Someone Doesn’t Feel Victimized’

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Music mogul Russell Simmons is opening up about the sexual assault allegations brought against him in the HBO documentary &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;On the Record&period;” The documentary gives first-hand accounts of rape claims made against Russell by multiple women&comma; allegations that he has repeatedly denied&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">In an interview with the Breakfast Club&comma; Russell talks about how he felt when he heard the accounts of these women&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I could never say that someone doesn’t feel victimized&comma;” Russell Simmons said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Thirty years ago&&num;8230&semi;these stories are 25 to 40 years old&period; I can’t say someone doesn’t feel victimized&period; I can tell you that I don’t feel that I victimized them&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">He also explained that he’s taken nine separate lie detector tests to prove his innocence but he did reveal that he told Oprah&comma; who conducted the initial investigation but later bowed out of her executive producing position&comma; that he read the reports from one of the women and that he &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;believed her&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It broke my heart when I read it&comma;” Russell said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I never heard it&comma; 30 years later&comma; I read it and I believed her&period; She said she got in the car and the car door locked and my first instinct was&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;S&ast;&ast;t&period; Car doors lock in 1990&period; Loud&comma; Cadillacs&period;’”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CBQ9XbQBdDG&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; 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- 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Russell continued&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It was a misunderstanding as far as I can tell &OpenCurlyQuote;cause I believe her&period; But I also passed nine tests because I believe me&comma; that are 95&percnt; accurate&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">He further explained that he feels terrible about the women who &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;may have felt victimized&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I am certainly not a monster or victimizer&comma;” Russell declared&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The documentary launched on HBO Max in late May and has received an 100&percnt; rating on the movie critic site Rotten Tomatoes and 85&percnt; rating on Metacritic&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">This appears to be one of the very few times Russell has addressed it&period; We’ll keep you posted on any updates&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or<&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;"> click here to join&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"61360" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;russell-simmons-addresses-assault-i-could-never-say-that-someone-doesnt-feel-victimized&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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