Lumet — daughter of filmmaker Sidney Lumet and granddaughter of jazz legend Lena Horne — wrote that she first met Simmons in 1987 and would see him "out and about" in New York. She said that he pursued a relationship with her, advances she rebuffed. Lumet, whose screenwriting credits include "Rachel Getting Married" and "The Mummy," alleged that her run-in with Simmons occurred after he offered to give her a ride home during a night out in New York. She wrote that he instead took her to his residence, ignoring her protests. Once there, she said, he forced her to have sex with him.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 01, 2017 01:18 UTC