In his viral Graham Bensinger interview, Russell Simmons made some shocking claims about his ex-wife, Kimora Lee Simmons.
He says she stole hundreds of millions of dollars from him to pay her husband’s bail.
“I must’ve been a sh-t partner, from what I hear. No. I was very generous and tried to be supportive. We were together 15 years, Kimora and I. And for eight years, we were married. And together for seven, before that. And then, I was best friends with Kimora throughout the entire raising of my children,” he said.
Russell Simmons says his ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons stole $800 million worth of stocks to give to the government for bailing out her now-husband Tim Leissner, who pled guilty to charges related to embezzling $200 million from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.
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“So, I tried to be flexible, and accommodating, and supportive. And sometimes, things don’t work out. You’ve seen the lawsuit. I had no choice. I think Jesus Christ, Lord Buddha, anybody would have sued,” he contined.
Russell says “She gave what is now, today, based on the value of the stock, $800million to the government illegally, and now I’m fighting to get my half of it back.”
In 2018, Kimora’s husband, Tim Leissner, pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in 2018 and was also charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Kimora Lee Simmons has not responded to his claims.
