Unique | Russell Simmons rape accuser Drew Dixon subpoenas Oprah Winfrey –
Uh O.
Russell Simmons appears to have dragged Oprah Winfrey into his authorized turmoil.
Drew Dixon, one of many ladies who’ve accused the DefJam mogul of sexual offenses together with rape, has subpoenaed the TV legend in her defamation case towards him, demanding Winfrey give proof and cough up paperwork.
In 2017 former DefJam government Dixon, accused Simmons in a New York Instances article of raping her in his condominium in 1995.
In 2024 she sued Simmons, claiming that he defamed her in a 2023 interview by casting doubt on her claims.
In a sit-down with journalist Graham Besinger, Simmons mentioned: “Might somebody need notoriety available in the market the place individuals thirst for fame?”
He additionally mentioned “I’ve by no means been forceful in any of my relationships” and that every one his relationships had been “consensual.”
She’s additionally suing over Simmons’ remarks about Winfrey’s half within the scandal.
He mentioned within the Besinger interview that the OWN star had dropped out of manufacturing a documentary, “On The Document,” which addressed plenty of ladies’s accusations towards Simmons, as a result of she discovered “inconsistencies” of their allegations, and claimed that Winfrey had recordings of conversations with accusers that exposed these alleged inconsistencies.
(After she stop the venture, Winfrey advised the New York Instances that she nonetheless believed Dixon, however the paper wrote that “she additionally thought there have been inconsistencies in her account that the movie had not adequately addressed.” The Instances added that “the filmmakers say they’ve voluminous analysis recordsdata corroborating all the ladies’s accounts.”)
Now Web page Six has realized that Dixon’s attorneys have subpoenaed Winfrey.
A subpoena to Winfrey from Dixon’s attorneys, seen by Web page Six, reads: You might be hereby commanded… to provide the books, information, papers, information, paperwork, evidences, writings, and all different tangible issues as described extra absolutely within the connected Schedule A at [law firm] Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, 55 Hudson Yards, New York, New York 10001, or electronically to undersigned counsel, on or earlier than March 18, 2025.”
It’s unclear what property precisely had been referred to as for within the attachment, or whether or not Winfrey complied with the demand or had her lawyer battle the subpoena.
The subpoena goes on: “You might be additional commanded to… to look and attend earlier than a notary public or different particular person approved by legislation to manage oaths… and at any recessed or adjourned date, to testify and provides proof, as a witness on an examination earlier than trial by deposition upon oral questions.”
It provides, “This deposition could also be videotaped and can proceed from everyday till full.”
Simmons has strenuously denied wrongdoing and he has by no means been arrested or charged with a criminal offense.
Dixon’s attorneys and reps for Winfrey didn’t reply to our requests for remark.
