Russell Simmons' Daughters Speak Out Against Him, Accuse Him of Verbal Abuse

Russell Simmons‘ strained relationship with his daughters Aoki Lee Simmons and Ming Lee Simmons was made public on Father’s Day.

The 65-year-old legendary music exec was accused of verbal abuse and erratic behavior by his ex-wife Kimora Lee Simmons and their two daughters.

It all started when Ming shared a photo of her mom on her Instagram Stories on Sunday (June 19) and captioned it, “Happy Father’s Day.”

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Russell seemingly responded by sharing a cryptic message that said, “Stop telling fathers they should have fought harder to see their children and start asking mothers why he had to fight at all.”

Russell‘s daughter Aoki then addressed the situation in a message on Instagram, as well as a video post.

“My father is not well, for years, he needs help and won’t accept that he refuses to acknowledge he is not himself,” Aoki wrote. “He has threatened and bullied my sister, my grandma, he has harassed my grandma in the middle of the night in poor health, send a man to my sisters apartment at 2am to scare her. He lashes out at ANYONE who does not say ‘oh Russell everything is fine’. Well it’s not fine. If ‘I never get a fashion job again’ like he threatens, I’ll be a lawyer I guess and work in criminal Justice. Sure I love my job but if he takes it away from me I won’t die. You don’t threaten my sister and grandma and mother and say ‘who’s gonna believe you I’m Russell Simmons nobody thinks I’m crazy’ well he is.”

Aoki also shared videos of Russell screaming over FaceTime. She wrote, “This is not someone who will accept help. This is just one screen recording sorry I don’t always remember to press ‘record’ when he calls my friends, my boyfriend, anyone, to get a chance to threaten and curse and go crazy.”

On her Instagram Stories, Aoki added, “Some of us do think he’s mentally ill or experiencing something like dementia, he really acts like he hates and does not know his children frequently. Prior to his media issues he was really the best dad ever and a great co-parents. He and my mom were best friends. We all defended him against anything, and then he suddenly turned on ANYONE who will let him lash out. It’s a really just terrifying change to watch.”

Kimora released a statement on her Instagram Stories.

“I’m so sorry to have to do this. But this man has been threatening my kids lives. I’m hearing so much more now. We won’t be bullied threatened or afraid. Who gaf?!” she said.

Two years ago, Russell and Kimora were involved in a legal battle.

Check out the Instagram posts below.