Perhaps there is hope and change after all. God knows we didn’t have it from 2008-2016, no matter how much was promised.
Turns out, unsubstantiated claims of sexual abuse – indeed, the mere allegation of same – will not win you five million dollars. Or, so I would like to believe.
This story appeared in today’s The Wrap, a Hollywood-based blog of entertainment news. To wit …
A $5 million lawsuit brought against Russell Simmons by aspiring filmmaker Jennifer Jarosik was dismissed today, according to court papers filed Wednesday and obtained by The Wrap.
According to court documents, the suit was dismissed with prejudice, meaning that it cannot be filed again at a later date.
“Mr. Simmons is hereby dismissed with prejudice from this action in its entirety including all claims asserted by Ms. Jarosik in the operative complaint,” the court papers read. “The Parties shall bear their own attorney’s fees and costs in this matter.”
Jarosik, an aspiring documentary producer, filed suit against Simmons in January, saying that Simmons raped Jarosik at his Los Angeles home in August 2016. Jarosik sued for sexual assault and battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
Simmons denied the accusations, and in a court filing earlier this month his legal team said that Jarosik suffered from “untreated mental issues.”
“In various court proceedings over the past six years, Ms. Jarosik has been found by a court: (1) to have a ‘propensity to exaggerate’; (2) to suffer from ‘untreated mental health issues,’ and (3) to be ‘unfit to properly parent’ her young son,” Simmons’ answer to Jarosik’s complaint reads. “Those very same qualities are evident in Ms. Jarosik’s Complaint, which is filled with lies against Mr. Simmons, who has only ever tried to help her. Mr. Simmons has never had non-consensual sex with Ms. Jarosik or anyone else.”
Me too? Perhaps it should read, “Me Maybe, if I have the right lawyer.”
