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Woman Files $10M Civil Suit For Rape Against Russell Simmons
Rick Ross Asks Court To Silence His Ex On Social Media
Rick Ross and his baby mama, Tia Kemp.
A woman identified only as Jane Doe is suing Def Jam founder Russell Sim- mons for $10 million, alleg- ing he raped her after a concert she attended in Sacra- mento with her elementary- school-age son.
In a suit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court, the woman claims that Sim- mons approached her during the concert and invited her and her son to come backstage to meet some of the Def Jam
RUSSELL SIMMONS
artists.
The music industry veteran
extended an invitation for the woman to join him at an “after
party” at his hotel, now-closed Clarion, after she dropped off her son at home with a babysitter.
According to the suit, they socialized at the hotel bar, went together to the CoCo Palm nightclub and returned to his hotel — with the intent, she said, of continuing their conversation, according to the complaint. Simmons invited the woman to his room, claim- ing he had no interest in hav- ing sex.
Rick Ross is looking to shut down his ex's social media accounts to prevent her from calling him out online, over child support issues.
Tia Kemp is well known for dissing Rozay, whether it's siding with his enemies like 50 Cent, writing a book, or going directly to social media to call out "The Bawse.”
Rick, born William Leonard Roberts, II, re- cently filed court documents seeking to have Tia's social
media accounts suspended. Tia recently took Ross to court, in an attempt to secure more child support from the rapper. As the case drags on Tia, has done her share of dragging the rapper on the In-
ternet.
The Florida rap star is ask-
ing the judge to make Tia hire a third-party to review all of her social media posts before they are made public, to en- sure she cannot do any more damage to his reputation.
Swizz Beatz Now Making Watches
Hip-Hop producer Swizz Beatz eye for fashion cannot be denied.
Over the years, Swizz has collaborated with brands like Bally, Bacardi, and Reebok.
Swizz' penchant for de- sign continues under his year- old partnership with the Zenith watches, which is owned by fashion house LVMH.
Swizz Beatz is now a watch maker.
three new expensive looking watches.
In 2017, Swizz the CEO of Zenith announced their part- nership with a swanky event in New York debuting the pro- ducer's Defy collection of watches.
During the event, Swizz revealed a five-piece limited edition run of his Defy Collec- tion, which appears ready to be marketed to the public.
‘Chicago Fire’ Actress, 49, Dies
DuShon Monique Brown, known for her role as Connie, Assistant to Chief Boden, on NBC’s Chicago Fire, died Fri- day. The Cook County med- ical examiner’s office tells The Chicago Tribune that Brown died shortly after noon at St. James Olympia Field Hospi- tal. A cause of death is not yet known according to Deadline.
Brown had played the key recurring character since the series launch in 2012. “The Chicago Fire family is devastated to lose one of its
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own,” executive producer Dick Wolf said in a state- ment provided to Deadline.
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Swizz linked with the
15th Lawyer Has Quit Suge Knight’s Case
Suge Knight's bid for freedom has been delayed again since the rapper needs a new lawyer to represent him.
Suge is looking at mur- der and attempted murder charges for running over Terry Carter and Cle “Bone” Sloan during a fight at a burger stand in Los Angeles in January of 2015.
Friday during a hearing, Suge's trial was pushed back again, after his 15th lawyer, Dominique Banos, abruptly resigned, citing a conflict of interest.
A judge elected to push
Suge Knight is in jail for murder.
back the trial again, which
was due to start on April 9th. Suge, who has been impris- oned for over three years, seems to be irritated over the drama engulfing his trial.
In addition to suffering multiple strokes while being locked up, his ex-fiance was hit with a three-year prison sentence for leaking a video of the crime scene.
And, more recently two of Suge's attorneys were ar- rested and indicted for brib- ing witnesses, while producers for a BET series received grand jury subpoe- nas just for interviewing the fallen mogul.
Nate Parker To Direct LAPD Hero Movie
Nate Parker, the film- maker whose Sundance sen- sation The Birth of a Nation was derailed by resur- faced news of a college rape trial, has another feature to direct.
Parker will direct, Black & Blue, a drama about Los An- geles Police Department hero, Ralph Waddy, The Holly- wood Reporter has con- firmed.
The movie is his first fea- ture since Birth of a Nation, which was a critical hit until he garnered negative atten-
Nate Parker will direct ‘Black and Blue’.
tion due to his involvement in a 1999 rape case and the sui- cide of the woman who al-
leged Parker and Birth of a Nation co-writer Jean Ce- lestin assaulted her.
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