Source:
Patrick
McMullan
/
Getty
Russell
Simmons
was
served
with
papers
related
to
a
defamation
lawsuit
against
him
at
a
resort
in
Bali
earlier
this
month.
Rap
mogul
Russell
Simmons
was
“caught
off
guard”
as
he
was
reportedly
served
with
papers
connected
to
a
defamation
lawsuit
filed
by
former
Def
Jam
executive
Drew
Dixon
at
a
resort
earlier
this
month.
According
to
reports,
the
process
server,
Daniel
John
Ayoub
arrived
at
the
Gdas
Bali
Health
&
Wellness
Spa
in
Bali,
Indonesia,
on
March
5
at
12:30
p.m.
local
time
and
managed
to
gain
entry
to
a
VIP
area
through
two
security
checkpoints.
He
sat
in
the
restaurant
area
and
was
about
to
leave
when
Simmons
arrived
and
sat
with
a
group.
Ayoub
is
quoted
as
saying
he
waited
before
serving
Simmons,
and
informed
him
that
the
source
of
the
papers
were
“from
the
State
of
New
York.”
Simmons
is
then
quoted
as
responding
“Ah
s—t!
F—!”
before
dropping
the
papers
to
the
ground.
Ayoub
then
goes
on
record
saying
that
he
overheard
Simmons
calling
someone
on
the
phone,
audibly
flustered.
“South
African
guy
just
handed
me
an
envelope.
And
he’s
with
a
big
Black
guy,”
he
said.
“Should
I
open
the
doc
now,
or
wait
till
later?
How
did
these
people
get
in
here?”
The
server
then
exited
the
resort,
which
Simmons
notably
is
a
founder
and
investor
of.
Representatives
for
Simmons
and
Dixon
had
no
comment
when
contacted
by
the
press
about
the
matter.
The
defamation
lawsuit
was
brought
against
Simmons
in
February
by
Dixon,
a
veteran
music
industry
executive
who
also
worked
at
Def
Jam
and
alleges
that
he
sexually
assaulted
her
while
working
at
the
label.
Dixon
first
made
the
claims
while
appearing
in
the
On
The
Record
documentary
in
2020.
She
sued
Simmons
after
comments
that
he
made
during
a
December
2023
appearance
on
the
In
Depth
with
Graham
Besinger
podcast
about
the
allegations,
which
according
to
the
documents
of
the
lawsuit
“continued
a
concerted
and
malicious
campaign
to
discredit
Ms.
Dixon
and
to
so
damage
her
reputation
that
Ms.
Dixon’s
factual
reporting
of
what
he
did
to
her
would
not
be
credited.”
Simmons
is
also
facing
another
lawsuit
filed
in
a
New
York
federal
court
from
a
victim
referred
to
as
Jane
Doe
in
February,
who
claims
that
her
career
and
life
were
“disrupted
and
derailed
by
a
devastating
experience
at
the
hands
of
Simmons
in
addition
to
false
imprisonment,
battery
and
causing
emotional
distress.
