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And in June, they became embroiled in a nasty online feud that involved their daughters (seen with Kimora in July)
Since then, Kimora and Russell's relationship has been fiercely fractured. And I think he knows that, and he really doesn’t want that to happen. It's ruined my relationships with everything.
'Kimora and I will remain committed parents and caring friends with great love and admiration for each other,' Russell said in a statement at the time.
'We will also continue to work side by side on a daily basis as partners in all of our businesses.'
Their divorce was finalized three years later, and Kimora was given full custody of their daughters while Russell was granted visitation rights.
'I’m a little embarrassed by the first few of those years, because [the girlfriends] overlap a little.'
She explained that while at first she was accepting of his wild ways, she started to become frustrated after a while because she wanted to 'settle down' and start a family - but he was nowhere near 'ready' to be a husband or father.
'I was on my way out the door.
They were able to reconcile by 2025 and Aoki even spent a few months with her dad, who has been living in Bali since 2018. When I met her, and she was only 17, she knew which fork to use, all these kind of things, and spoke several different languages,' he said.
'She was speaking French in all the restaurants. He eventually moved to Bali, Indonesia, in the wake of the alleged incidents of misconduct.
Russell has “vehemently” denied all allegations of impropriety, maintaining that any contact he had with women throughout his life was consensual.
In 2018, he gave ABC News a statement, claiming he had “extraordinary relationships, whether through work or love, with many great women.”
Inside Russell Simmons' scandalous marriage to Kimora Lee, who he met when she was just 17 and he was 35, before romance blew up amid claims of prolific infidelity, abuse, and harassment in toxic split that rocked his relationship with their daughters
Russell Simmons has helped launch the careers of some of the biggest musicians on the planet through Def Jam Recordings - but his successes have been overshadowed by a slew of controversies, horrific allegations of abuse and sexual assault, and his bitter divorce from Kimora Lee Simons.
His romantic past has now been dredged up again when the music mogul spoke out to vehemently deny allegations of sexual assault made by multiple women back in 2017.
I don’t think so.'
'Do I have to talk about Russell? I have to put that first.'
She even shared screenshots of text messages that showed them arguing and videos that saw him yelling at her over FaceTime.
'This is all he does when we speak,' she captioned one of the clips.
Someone on the app sarcastically wondered, “You thought people on Threads were going to be on your side?” Another poster had questions for Kimora’s ex, asking, “So you paid child support for your kids?
What’s going on? [The world doesn't] see all the rest of that bulls**t. I want her to be happy no matter what,' he said to People at the time.
She and Djimon welcomed a son, named Kenzo, together in May 2009, but they split in 2012. It was one of these random girls.'
Kimora said she kicked Russell out of where they were staying together and told him she was ending their relationship for good - but what happened next took her by surprise.
She continued, 'I said, "I’m leaving you, I don’t want to be with you, I don’t want to beg you anymore.
She was legal at 17 but she turned 18 that May.
'Her mother and her manager approved [of us] and supported [us] and even pushed us (we really didn't need a push) and the love affair began.'
Kimora also told Vanity Fair, 'We didn’t do anything until I was 18.'
Relationship rocked by infidelity: Kimora said Russell was unfaithful to her from the start, but when she grew tired of his inability to 'settle down' and threatened to leave, he asked her to marry him
Kimora later admitted that Russell was not faithful to her during the early years of their romance - but insisted he 'always loved her.' He's seen with model Veronica Webb in 1993
Kimora later admitted that Russell was not exclusive to her during the early years of their romance - but insisted he 'always loved her.'
'Did he have several girlfriends in his life?
All my five charities have gone down.'
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'This is a time of great transition. Numerous women have accused the yoga enthusiast of harassment and abuse, which was brought to the forefront via the Oprah Winfrey-produced “On the Record” documentary.
The scandal forced Russell to step down from his leadership positions at Def Jam and other businesses.