Model Keri Claussen Khalighi has come forward to accuse Def Jam Records mogul Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct in 1991 when she was 17 years old. In a report Sunday in the Los Angeles Times, Khalighi says that Simmons coerced her to perform a sex act and later penetrated her without her consent. She says the film producer and director Brett Ratner, who has also been accused by multiple women of sexual harassment, was present. Simmons, now 60, denied the allegations in a statement. The Times report also includes additional allegations against Ratner, who has previously denied all allegations through his lawyer, Martin Singer.

Source: CBC News November 19, 2017 19:07 UTC