Date 26/04/2018 - News People
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hip hop producer Russell Simmons and an aspiring documentary filmmaker have agreed to dismiss her civil lawsuit claiming that Simmons raped her at his Los Angeles home in 2016, court documents filed on Wednesday showed. The filmmaker, Jennifer Jarosik, had accused Simmons of forcing her to have sex with him after she refused his advance. Simmons has denied the accusation. Simmons? attorney Patricia Glaser declined comment. Several women have accused the 60-year-old Def Jam Records co-founder of sexual misconduct dating back to 1983, including four who said he raped them. Reporting by Eric Kelsey Additional reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York