A woman who accused Russell Simmons of raping her in 2016 agreed to drop a lawsuit against him, court documents show.
Simmons — who is accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women — was “dismissed with prejudice” from the suit filed by Jennifer Jarosik, who claimed in her original filing earlier this year that the music producer sexually assaulted her.
The dismissal by prejudice means Jarosik cannot file another lawsuit based on the same allegation.
It’s unclear whether she and Simmons reached a settlement. A rep for Simmons was not immediately able to confirm whether that was the case.
A woman who accused Russell Simmons of raping her in 2016 agreed to drop a lawsuit against him, court documents show.
Simmons — who is accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women — was “dismissed with prejudice” from the suit filed by Jennifer Jarosik, who claimed in her original filing earlier this year that the music producer sexually assaulted her.
The dismissal by prejudice means Jarosik cannot file another lawsuit based on the same allegation.
It’s unclear whether she and Simmons reached a settlement. A rep for Simmons was not immediately able to confirm whether that was the case.
Jarosik, who submitted the $5 million lawsuit in January, claimed in the filing that Simmons raped her in August 2016 after she went to his home in Los Angeles with the expectation of discussing a documentary she was working on. She claimed Simmons forced himself on her after she declined his initial advances.
Simmons denied the allegations in his own filing on April 4. In those documents, Simmons’ team asserted Jarosik was seeking money from the music producer and contended he “never had non-consensual sex with Ms. Jarosik or anyone else.”
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