A $5 million rape lawsuit against Russell Simmons filed by aspiring filmmaker Jennifer Jarosik has been dismissed with prejudice, meaning it cannot be filed again at a later date.
According to court docs filed Wednesday, the Def Jam Recordings founder is “dismissed with prejudice from this action in its entirety including all claims asserted by Ms. Jarosik in the operative complaint.” It’s not clear whether a settlement agreement was involved in the dismissal.
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In January, the aspiring documentary producer sued Simmons for sexual assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional distress, claiming that he raped her at his Los Angeles home in August 2016.
Simmons denied the accusations, alleging in a court filing this month that the accuser “has been found by a court” to “exaggerate” and to suffer from “untreated mental issues.” The hip-hop mogul maintained he has “never had non-consensual sex with Ms. Jarosik or anyone else.”
One sexual assault accusation down… several more to go.
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