If it isn’t Harvey Weinstein, NBC is apparently protecting Russell Simmons from sexual assault allegations. Journalist Sil Lai Abrams gave an interview in early 2018 to left wing hack and racist Joy Reid accusing Simmons of sexual assault. While the interview was conducted, it never aired on Reid’s show, as NBC killed the story and claimed they needed “more vetting.” Yea, as if NBC ever vets anything. Simmons has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault.
| Journalist Sil Lai Abrams says NBC killed story about sexual assault allegations against Russell Simmons |
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Isn’t it kind of funny how “feminists” never march against NBC? Even after the Lauer and Harvey Weinstein debacles, you can add this and feminist don’t seem to care.
Journalist Sil Lai Abrams accused NBC News of killing a story about her sexual assault allegations against Russell Simmons and AJ Calloway in 2018 in an op-ed published Monday.
Abrams detailed the allegations in The Daily Beast’s op-ed section Monday, writing that music mogul Simmons raped her in 1994 and that former “Extra” host Calloway sexually assaulted her in 2006. Calloway was arrested following the allegation but the case was dismissed, and both men have denied the allegations, according to Insider.
The activist wrote that she spoke to MSNBC’s Joy Reid in 2017 about the allegations and an interview was done at the beginning of 2018. The story was then held and Reid told Abrams that the network wanted more vetting and was spooked because of “threats from Russell’s lawyer,” Abrams wrote.
Reid emailed Abrams multiple times, noting that the outlet had more than enough evidence to run the story and that she’s “never been through anything like this,” according to Abrams’ op-ed.
“I just have to get my company to have the guts to do the story,” the MSNBC host wrote according to Abrams. “I’ve never done a story that has this much evidence before. I have more evidence than the LA Times and The New York Times stories combined. So the whole thing is, if my company will trust the evidence that I’ve shown them, which is substantial, they will do the story.”