(Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons on Thursday stepped down from the companies he founded, amid a new sexual misconduct allegation against him. While Simmons had strongly disputed Khalighi’s account, he announced Thursday his exit from his various companies in light of Lumet’s essay. But once in the car, she wrote, Simmons told the driver to ignore Lumet’s directions to her home, and instead took her to his apartment where he groped and had intercourse with her. Lumet wrote that she didn’t tell anyone of the encounter until Oct. 27, 2017, after the stories about movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. “There is so much guilt, and so much shame,” Lumet wrote.

Source: Washington Post November 30, 2017 17:36 UTC