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Keri Claussen Khalighi was a 17-year-old fashion model from a farm town in Nebraska when she met Brett Ratner and Russell Simmons at a casting call.
In several of the accounts, the women said that Ratner, 48, surrounded himself with powerful friends, including Simmons and filmmaker James Toback, who, while sharing Ratner’s playboy lifestyle, have also been accused of engaging in sexual misconduct.
Then an undergraduate studying film at New York University, Ratner seemed to know w the models lived in Manhattan, Simmons has said.
In cultivating Hilhaven, Ratner was emulating Evans, the former Paramount executive, who had transformed his own Beverly Hills mansion, Woodland, into a party pad. Ratner lived t in the 2000s while Hilhaven was being remodeled.
As recently as January, Ratner named Evans as among his “Closest friends,” but when reached for comment, Evans’ attorney said: “Mr. Evans has not interacted with Mr. Ratner for almost a decade – I think that speaks for itself.”
Singer said Ratner considered Evans a mentor, although “They have not been close” since Ratner lived at Evans’ home from 2003 to 2005.
The new allegations against Ratner also include claims of harassment in show business settings.