Do Better In 2019: Worst Examples Of Toxic Masculinity This Year - Page 10
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Russell Simmons
This year, there were more than a few men who were accused of sexual assault. They didn’t make this list because while we won’t speculate on their guilt or innocence, they had enough sense not to make a bad situation worse. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case for Russell Simmons. While he initially started off acknowledging that he may have been ignorant of what constituted sexual assault, as more allegations trickled in, his responses became more bizarre. He tried to launch a #NotMe movement and even told actor Terry Crews to give his alleged abuser Adam Venit a pass. What was particularly telling is that he stepped down from his companies and bought a home in Bali where he cannot be prosecuted by the United States government, should any of these allegations ever go to court.
Toxic indeed.
