Kimora Lee Simmons' Daughters Show Mom Support Amid Fashion Designer's Nasty Battle With Girls' Father Russell Simmons
July 21 2021, Published 1:42 p.m. ET
Kimora Lee Simmons is enjoying life with her supportive daughters, despite her nasty legal battle with her ex-husband/their father, music mogul Russell Simmons.
Kimora, 21-year-old Ming Lee Simmons, and 18-year-old Aoki Lee Simmons were spotted looking stylish and cheerful as they stepped out to grab dinner at Hollywood hot spot Catch LA earlier this week.
For the outing, the 46-year-old fashion designer rocked brown leather pants with a cream-colored halter top, pink handbag and white strappy heals. Her long dark locks were down and wavy, perfectly framing her ageless face.
Meanwhile, Ming opted for a mint green getup, paring a cropped long-sleeve top with flared patterned pants, and Aoki stunned in a little black dress.
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Russell and Kimora were married from 1998 to 2009, during which they had Ming and Aoki.
The Baby Phat founder went on to date Djimon Hounsou from 2008 to 2012 and had one son with him, 12-year-old Kenzo Lee Hounsou.
Kimora then married former Goldman Sachs executive Tim Leissner, and the two had 6-year-old son Wolfe Lee Leissner.
Last year, she adopted an 11-year-old boy named Gary.
Among all the happy moments, though, have been some serious pitfalls.
In 2017 – at the height of the #MeToo movement – Russell was accused of a slew of sexual misconduct allegations, including rape.
The 63-year-old producer denied the accusations but did step down from his businesses and moved to Bali.
Kimora released a statement at the time, saying, "These allegations against him are nothing like the person I have known in all that time."
Then in 2018, Tim pleaded guilty to money laundering and foreign bribery in connection with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal. Per the plea deal, he agreed to pay $44 million in order to avoid jail time.
The state of his marriage to Kimora is currently unknown; last December, she replied "no comment" when asked whether she was single.