Russell Simmons has filed a lawsuit against HBO and the makers of the 2020 documentary “On the Record,” claiming defamation for their allegations of sexual assault and misconduct.

The record executive, who’s seeking $20 million in damages, is also accusing them of ignoring or suppressing evidence from witnesses who “refuted and rebutted the accusations falsely made” against Simmons, according to lawsuit filed in New York.

“Despite voluminous support for Mr. Simmons in the form of credible information, persuasive evidence, witness statements and calls for further investigation by notable members of the media, politics and the civil rights movement, the defendants simply disregarded it, and released, and continue to re-release globally, a film that tremendously disparaged and damaged Mr

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