Russell Simmons is renowned for bringing some of the culture’s most revered productions to the airwaves.
However, these days, it’s the mogul’s personal life that has been quite the trending topic.
That trajectory continues today in the wake of the shocking claims his daughter Aoki Lee Simmons has taken to social media to share.
The 20-year-old levelled a number of jaw-dropping claims against her dad – ranging from suggestion that he “is not well” to claims that he cut her off while she was in a vulnerable state abroad to making verbal assaults against her, her sister, and their mom Kimora Lee Simmons. She also asserts that Russell has threatened to end her career in fashion.
Aoki’s words await below…
Via Instagram, she wrote:
“My father is not well, for years, he needs help and won’t accept thathe refuses to acknowledge he is not himself. He has threatened and bullied my sister, my grandma, he has harassed my grandma in the middle of the night in poor health, send a man to my sisters apartment at 2am to scare her. He lashes out at ANYONE who does not say “oh Russell everything is fine”. Well it’s not fine. If “I never get a fashion job again” like he threatens, I’ll be a lawyer I guess and work in criminal Justice. Sure I love my job but if he takes it away from me I won’t die. You don’t threaten my sister and grandma and mother and say “who’s gonna believe you I’m Russell Simmons nobody thinks I’m crazy” well he is.”
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Aoki also posted a video of her visibly irate father – a clip she recorded during a call:
“This is not someone who will accept help. This is just one screen recording sorry I don’t always remember to press “record” when he calls my friends, my boyfriend, anyone, to get a chance to threaten and curse and go crazy.”
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Aoki Lee Simmons says her father, Russell Simmons, has been awful to her for years on Instagram: pic.twitter.com/AVrQnr673s
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Update: Aiko’ Mom Kimora Lee Simmons has weighed in via Instagram writing:
“I’m so sorry to have to do this. But this man has been threatening my kids lives. I’m hearing so much more now. We won’t be bullied, threatened or afraid. Who gaf?”
Like father like daughter….
Indeed!
Kimora stole that man money and now she’s turning his daughters against him….just like she shut Djimon out his son’s life!
All I seen was a whole QUEEN is reading.
YASS! Miss Russell
Damn that’s an unflattering photo of her….
This is Normani’s fault.
Wasn’t Oprah Winfrey had a #MeToo documentary about him and it got shelved because she was scared of the black community backlash?
Ugh, black families, am I right. So angry and violent towards each other.
She is a sight for sore eyes..prime example just because you are mixed don’t mean you will grow up to be cute..anyway that’s all I got to say about this..I don’t care about their rich people problems.. ungrateful little girl