Russell Simmons Says He Isn't Ducking Police In Bali, Rips The Black Community

After Russell Simmons was accused of sexual assault by several women, he moved to Bali. 

Usher and Taraji P. Henson are among those who visited him there, a move that has brought them criticism.

Simmons defended his friends and told people to back off.

 

 

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"I love you. I just don’t want my friends attacked and I wish you all the best," he said. "But just leave my friends alone. Don’t attack my friends for visiting me."

Simmons then questioned why Black people are vilifying him and not Donald Trump, who's a convicted felon.

"Black people, did you forget that I got 10,000 Black men out of jail?" Simmons asked. "And I worked for Black Lives Matter and every movement that’s helped our people, all the women’s rights, even gay rights. Movements that I did so much work for to let them demonize me in such a way that my friends cannot visit me without you attacking them ... But yet you stand by Donald Trump. Knock it off."

"Still today, I have never spoken to a policeman about anything," he added. "I have never spoken to a judge, civil or criminal, about anything. From what I can tell Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, and President Trump all have more credible claims against them than I do."

What's your theory as to why police haven't questioned Simmons yet?