Russell Simmons Sues Ex-Wife Kimora Lee for Fraud and Allegedly Stealing Stocks to Pay Her New Husband’s Bail

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Russell Simmons has accused his ex-wife, Kimora Lee Simmons, and her current husband, Tim Leissner, to court, of fraud.

The Def Jam cofounder filed a complaint earlier this week, obtained byin which he claims that Lee and Leissner conspired to fraudulently transfer almost 4 million shares of the energy-drink company Celsius to their accounts in order to help pay for Leissner’s legal and bail fees for a 2018 money laundering case in which he pleaded guilty.

Leissner, a former Goldman Sachs partner, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and foreign bribery charges following around $4.5 billion being misappropriated from 1MDB, a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, more than $200 million of which went directly to Leissner and another alleged conspirator, according toIn order to avoid jail time, the financier agreed to forfeit almost $44 million.

 

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Marrying celebs for money…

So he’ll be back in the States where he faces rape charges soon? Cool, cool.

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