by Jeroslyn JoVonn
April 10, 2024
Russell Simmons needs Drew Dixon’s defamation lawsuit dismissed since his previous feedback on sexual assault have been allegedly “not defamatory.”
Russell Simmons is making an attempt to get Drew Dixon’s defamation lawsuit in opposition to him dismissed since his previous feedback on sexual assault have been allegedly “not defamatory as a matter of regulation.”
The hip-hop mogul is firing again on the defamation swimsuit he was served with at his wellness resort in Bali, Indonesia final month asking that or not it’s dismissed with out prejudice, Radar On-line studies. Simmons claims his remarks about sexual assault on the podcast “In Depth With Graham Basinger” in December 2023 have been on no account defamatory towards Dixon and have been simply his opinion.
The Def Jam founder’s new submitting argues that the “statements alleged within the Criticism are defamatory as a matter of regulation, as a result of all of the statements are opinion — not reality — and Plaintiff is just not clearly identifiable in any of the statements.”
In Dixon’s lawsuit that Simmons was served with on March 5, she highlights his feedback made on the podcast the place he seemingly tried to discredit his alleged rape victims by insinuating the encounters have been consensual and a few girls would possibly’ve simply walked away offended.
“Yeah, [rape is] a critical phrase, however I feel they’ve modified the that means,” he advised Basinger. “For those who had extra foursomes than most guys directly, might somebody go away and really feel harm? May some reimagine a narrative out of 1000’s of individuals? May somebody need notoriety out there the place individuals thirst for fame, even notorious.”
Simmons claims to have “by no means been forceful” throughout his sexual encounters however admitted to being “insensitive.” Nevertheless, Dixon has publicly accused Simmons of sexually assaulting her throughout her time working as a file government at Def Jam within the 90s. She gave particulars of the alleged assault within the 2020 HBO Max documentary “On the Document.”
In line with her lawsuit, Dixon believes Simmons has “gone on a concerted and malicious marketing campaign to discredit Ms. Dixon and to so injury her status.”
“This defamation has exacerbated the paralyzation of Ms. Dixon professionally,” the swimsuit claims, including that Simmons “subjected Ms. Dixon to public ridicule, contempt, and shame by, amongst different issues, calling Ms. Dixon a liar in revealed statements with the malicious intent of discrediting and additional damaging Ms. Dixon worldwide.”
However Simmons says the swimsuit needs to be dismissed since he was talking typically on the podcast whereas addressing sexual assault claims in opposition to him and by no means talked about Dixon by title. In the course of the podcast, Simmons professed his innocence in opposition to the a number of girls accusing him of rape by noting the “9 lie detector exams” he’s allegedly taken which he claims show that he’s “by no means finished this to anybody.”
Dixon can also be suing file government L.A. Reid for sexual abuse in a lawsuit that Simmons has been named in.
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