Monday, January 12, 2026

Russell Simmons Misses Deadline to Pay Accusers


Last year Def Jam co-founder, Russell Simmons, quietly settled with three out of more than twenty accusers and agreed to pay a $3.4 million settlement [click here if you missed that].

Now the accusers are claiming they never got paid...

In court filings submitted [last] week in the New York Supreme Court, attorneys for Sheri Abernathy, Sil Lai Abrams and Wendy Carolina Franco claim the Def Jam co-founder missed a January 1 deadline to pay out the agreed-upon amounts from confidential settlements signed in October 2025.
Each woman received a signed confession of judgment from Simmons, allowing them to pursue larger amounts if he defaulted.
According to the documents, Russell Simmons agreed to pay Abernathy and Abrams $1,162,617.77 each and Franco $512,064.88. Because he allegedly failed to pay, they are now seeking increased “confessed” amounts, including interest and enforcement costs: $1,614,290.74 for Abernathy and Abrams, and $711,000.31 for Franco.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

A lil interest ain’t never hurt nobody

Sexy Syd said...

He guilt asf 1.1 million for each victim??

Anonymous said...

HELLO ........He don't have No money.
Why are there lower amounts to pay out? Is it because he only squeezed and sniffed? LOLO

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