Russell Simmons pressured Oprah to pull out of documentary about his accusers

[thereinventions]

"He did reach out multiple times and attempted to pressure me," Oprah Winfrey said of Russell Simmons. But she said her decision to back out of the documentary about his accusers was based on creative disagreements. https://t.co/iQwptXA8BA
- New York Times Arts (@nytimesarts) January 17, 2020

A follow-up to this post. Sit back because it's a MESS.

Comments

[anterrabre]

Wasn't there other reasons why she pulled out? It wasn't just because of Russell. And shame on him for using his daughters in an attempt to silence other women.

[pikapika217]

yeah because he FOR DAMN SURE didn't care that those women he was victimizing were other people's daughters.

[anderbobo]

Because men only value women when they view them as an extension of themselves.

[mary_pickforded]

Totally.

[patentpending]

Imagine having the stone to try and intimidate and manipulate the most powerful woman in the industry knowing full well she can go back and tell everyone everything and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.

[numara]

i hope he dies. the way he's trying to weaponize his daughters as tools to keep his victims quiet is proof they deserve better that a scumbag like him for a father

[unlickdbearwhlp]

i hope he dies

MTE. That's where I'm at with these men. They aren't ever gonna come to any kind of legal justice- and the amount of supporters they have is some new kind of depressing- so the only way to guarantee they don't harm any more women is death.

[andisprohi]

mte

[coeurtranquille]

mte.

[numbedtoe]

There are people I truly wish would just fucking kill themselves, and Rusty is one of them.

I hope she didn't cave. I do.

I know Kirby and Amy have been down the road of fucking with authority repeatedly and if there are 2 filmmakers who know you better have all your ducks in a row, cause lawyers are gonna be frothing at the mouth, it's those two. I would hate for them to suddenly slip.

[ohwutevernvm]