Katie Rost, the former Real Housewives of Potomac star, and also a #MeToo survivor, recently came to her ex-boyfriend’s defense amid the cascade of sexual assault and harassment allegations in the advent of the #MeToo movement back in 2017.
Page Six claims Katie spoke with them at length about the allegations against Russell Simmons, the co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, who recently slammed Oprah for participating in a documentary about his supposed transgressions toward women.
Rost claimed it was important for her to come out and offer her side of the story because there’s a tendency among human beings to try and “pile on” whenever someone is being accused of something.
As it was previously reported, On The Record, which explores his purported crimes, is supposed to screen at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday. Oprah Winfrey recently backed away from her executive producer position due to the “inconsistencies” in some of the women’s stories, in addition to a difference in creative vision.
Followers of the case know that Mr. Simmons, 62, has vehemently denied all of the allegations. Regarding Rost and her story, she claims she first met with Russell back in 2002 when his former wife hired her to be a model for Baby Phat clothing. She was 22-years-old at the time.
According to Rost, Russell “had a reputation,” and she was warned by other models and executives at her agency, Click Model Management. She claimed Russell was very sweet and nice to her in the beginning stages because he was married at the time.
When Russell and his wife split up in 2009, she and Russell began their romantic relationship, she claims. “It wasn’t exclusive, he had other girlfriends,” the model remarked. They had a working and sexual relationship for six months until she found out he was with other women too.
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#Repost @unclerush when documentary was announced.. Dearest OPRAH,you have been a shining light to my family and my community. Contributing so much to my life that I couldn’t list a fraction of it in this blog.Ihave given you the gift of meditation and the groundbreaking book”THE POWER OF NOW “we bonded to say the least. This is why it’s so troubling that you choose me to single out in your recent documentry. I have already admitted to being a playboy more (appropriately titled today “womanizer”) sleeping with and putting myself in more compromising situations than almost any man I know. Not 8 or 14 thousand like warren Beatty or Wilt Chamberlain, but still an embarrassing number. So many that some could reinterpret or reimagine a different recollection of the same experiences. Your doc is focused on 3 hand chosen women. I have refused to get in the mud with any accusers, but let’s acknowledge what i have shared. I have taken and passed nine 3-hour lie detector tests (taken for my daughters), that these stories have been passed on by CNN, NBC, BUZZFEED, NY POST, NY MAG, AND OTHERS. Now that you have reviewed the facts and you SHOULD have learned what I know; that these stories are UNUSABLE and that “hurt people hurt people”. Today I received a call from an old girlfriend from the early 1980s which means that they are using my words/evidence against me and their COMMITMENT/ (all of the claims are 25 to 40 years old) It is impossible to prove what happened 40 years ago, but in my case PROOF EXISTS of what didn’t happen, mostly signed letters from their own parents, siblings, roommates, band members, interns, and in the case of 2 of your 3 accusers,their own words in their books. Shocking how many people have misused this important powerful revolution for relevance and money. … In closing, I am guilty of exploiting, supporting, and making the soundtrack for a grossly unequal society, i have even been unconsciously callous , but i have never been violent or forced myself on anyone. Still I am here to help support a necessary shift in power and consciousness. Let us get to work on uplifting humanity and put this moment and old narrative behind us Love you
She described him as a “playboy and a player.” However, they have since remained friends for years. Later, they started to speak with each other more often when she was dealing with a divorce and custody battle four years ago in 2016.
According to Rost, Russell is different from the other men such as Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, and others, who haven’t thought about how their behavior has affected others.
Russell has been eager to learn about how his behavior impacted the people around him. She emphasized the fact that Russell never “crossed a line.”
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Furthermore, Rost claimed Russell was never the type of person who used his position or status as a way to threaten, abuse, or control women, at least from what she saw.
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