American producer, founder of the label Def Jam Recordings Russell Simmons was involved in a sex scandal around film director Brett Ratner.

So, several women at once stated that Ratner and Simmons were running them together. The first to speak was a model named Cary Clausen Khaligi. She told the Los Angeles Times that she was the victim of famous men in 1991. The girl was only 17 at that time.

Ratner and Simmons invited the model to dinner home to the latter under the pretext of showing her a new video, over which the director and producer worked together.

There, Simmons began to make aggressive sexual offensives, tearing off the clothes from the girl.

"I looked at Brett and said:" Help me ". I will never forget the expression on his face. At that moment, I realized that they were together, "said Khaligi.

The model admitted that Simmons tried to persuade her to have sex. Kerry fought him until the last and finally took up oral sex with him, while Ratner watched it. Khaligi added that when she went into the shower, the producer tried to join her. The girl resisted, and then he left. "This is very painful," Cary shared..

Another model, Tanya Reid, also recalled how Ratner and Simmons both pestered her. The incident occurred in 1994, when Reid was 18. She worked at the front desk at a hotel in Miami, in which two. According to Tanya, Simmons and Ratner repeatedly called her to make unacceptable observations.

And Simmons once asked the girl if she could personally bring to his room a toothbrush.

"I remember this very clearly, the exact words he said on the phone. He wanted me to go upstairs, where Brett could hold me and he could do oral sex with me, "Reid said..

She also said that somehow Ratner stopped in her apartment and allegedly "used his hand to push her head to his groin". The girl confessed that she surrendered and, after this incident, never heard of Ratner again.

In turn, Russell Simmons has already reacted to the accusations of women. So, regarding Khaliga, he stated that everything that happened between him and her "was with her full consent and participation".

And Ratner's lawyer added that his client "does not remember" how Khaligi asked for help and did not see her "test".

Regarding the same raid lawyer Ratner said that he denies all the charges and does not remember the girl at all. Simmons also refuted the claims. "I do not want to show disrespect to her, but I do not remember the conversation with the hotel receptionist, which took place a quarter of a century ago," he said in a statement.

Recall that previously at least four actresses accused the director of the "X-Men" Brett Ratner in sexual harassment.