| Russell Simmons Was Sued
for Rape in 1990s Cited Kevin
Spacey Case Now Gets Dismissed
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Feb 12 – Russell Simmons
doubled down on Veterans Day
on his bid to get a Jane Doe
sexual assault case against
him dismissed for lack of
jurisdiction.
The plaintiff, proceeding
under a pseudonym as is now
being contested by Sean Combs
in the many civil cases filed
against him, alleged rape in
Simmons' Manhattan in the
1990s.
Saying he
has moved to Indonesia to
retire, Simmons' lawyers
argues that at the time of
filing, Simmons was not
domiciled in New York, and
therefore the Court lacks
jurisdiction over the
matter.
Simmons
cites another case in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
that Inner City Press has
covered (and written a book
about), Rapp v. Fowler / Kevin
Spacey where Judge Lewis A.
Kaplan found that Spacey's
comments that "he considered
London to be his home" did not
undermine competent proof of
his domicile in
Maryland.
On February 12,
2025 Judge Koeltl ruled: "the
defendant contends that he is
a stateless American citizen,
domiciled in Indonesia. For
the following reasons, the
motion for judgment on the
pleadings is granted" -
without prejudice.
The case is Doe
v. Simmons, 1:24-cv-1043
(Koeltl)
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