"A week after Simmons denied Keri Claussen Khalighi’s allegations, writer Jenny Lumet pens a guest column for the Reporter entitled “Russell Simmons Sexually Violated Me.” In it, the Rachel Getting Married writer detailed Simmons’ years-long on and off pursuit of her that culminated in 1991 when the then-24 year-old writer when she accepted a ride home from him and was startled when he allegedly locked the doors of an SUV and would not let her out, then took her to his apartment where she said he raped her. "I felt dread and disorientation. I wanted to go home. I said I wanted to go home,” she wrote. “I didn’t recognize the man next to me. I didn’t know if the situation would turn violent. I remember thinking that I must be crazy. I remember hoping that the Russell I knew would return any moment… There is so much guilt, and so much shame. There is an excruciating internal reckoning. As a woman of color, I cannot express how wrenching it is to write this about a successful man of color. Again, shame about who I was years ago, choices made years ago. In this very moment, I feel a pang to protect your daughters. I don’t think you are inclined to protect mine.”