Kimora Lee Simmons Claps Back At Ex-Husband, ‘Answer Your Accusers’

Kimora and Russell were married from 1998 to 2009, they usually share two daughters, Aoki and Ming Lee Simmons.

Kimora, who returned to reality TV with the series “Back within the Fab Lane,” recently opened up in regards to the challenges of being a single mother, sparking Russell’s ire.

During a conversation with PEOPLE, Kimora, 50, got candid about her kid’s fathers and revealed she doesn’t have much of a relationship with any of them.

Kimora explained that she was hesitant to say that she co-parents because her children are together with her “full-time.”

The Baby Phat leader said, “I’m just about the first parent. It’s difficult, but I do not know sometimes what other individuals are pondering. Guys are weird.”

As mentioned, Kimora is the mother of 5 children, including Kenzo Lee, 16, Gary Lee, 16, whom she adopted, and Jayden, 19, her bonus son.

Russell wasn’t too keen on Kimora’s statements, clapping back on the TV personality with a post on Instagram, in response to The Blast.

Russell, creator of the style brand Phat Farm, leveled stunning accusations against Kimora and in addition claimed to have supported the mother with a considerable monthly payment.

“I gave you 50,000 a month for 20 years. I used to be your best/only friend. I’m the godfather to your other 3 kids, until at some point you stole my stock,” he wrote. “I even have been fighting for my kids’ love and my bread ever since. You threatened that if I sued you, I might never speak to my kids again. There are two sides to each story.”

Russell’s claim didn’t move users, as many torched the music executive for pursuing a relationship with a young Kimora within the ’90s, while also referencing the legal battles they said forced him overseas.

“Best friend for 20 years because he got with a teen in his mid 30s… that is what happens if you groom an individual. Thankfully, she got freed from that,” someone wrote. “Guy who fled the country to avoid accountability for a complete bunch of credible r-pe accusations has thoughts about how wealthy he’s. Fun fact: he dated Kimora Lee when she was a sophomore in highschool, and he was 18 years older,” one other shared.

In her Instagram Stories, Kimora responded to Russell’s claims, writing, “My ‘girls’ are GROWN WOMEN!” She added, “You already know these are lies,” before questioning why he was engaging “from hundreds of miles away in a non-extradition country?”

“Go negotiate and answer your accusers,” she finished.

In 2017, a report claiming Russell had assaulted 18 women surfaced, sending shockwaves through the music industry. While Russell denied the allegations, he admittedly “apologized for the instances of thoughtlessness in my consensual relations.”

Later that yr, Russell relocated to Bali, Indonesia; nonetheless, the mogul assured the general public that it wasn’t to avoid potential legal consequences.

“People saying that I someway cannot come home once I’m there on a regular basis wears on you. It wears on me after some time to maintain hearing the identical narrative, which is fake. I’m all the time in LA, I’m all the time in Recent York, and Miami. And I’ve never had any reason to feel unsafe in America,” he said.

Prior to creating headlines together with her ex-husband, Kimora reflected on a chaotic time in her life last yr, when her daughter, Aoki, drew concern online after being seen snuggled up with 65-year-old restaurateur Vittorio Assaf.

In keeping with Kimora, although she wasn’t pleased together with her daughter’s romantic decisions, she let Aoki handle that situation how she saw fit. “I let my kids make their very own mistakes, like I said. That is the entire thing we were saying about living out your life in public, and I feel that is very, very, very tough,” she said.

Kimora later admitted to being bothered by the 44-year age gap, calling it “predatorial and kinda crazy.”

In one other interview covered by The Blast, Kimora was overjoyed in regards to the return of her early aughts reality series, calling it “chapter two” for her and her family. She described the series as a more developed take than the primary iteration, stating that it offers “coming of age” stories and “something for” every viewer to enjoy.