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"Russell Simmons has strenuously denied allegations of financial impropriety made by his Run Athletics business partner Rasheed Young. Young - who was Run Athletics&amp;#039;s president - claimed in a legal letter sent to the mogul and business partner Reverend Run that Russell secretly moved company profits into a separate bank account.   [Russell Simmons and Reverend Run] The legal letter claimed that Young was owed millions due to the company&amp;#039;s profits, according to TMZ. Simmons has since been reached for comment by the website and denied any allegations of financial impropriety.  [Russell Simmons and ex-girlfriend Melissa George] &amp;quot;[Rasheed] worked for me... I fought to keep his job... and I&amp;#039;m sorry he&amp;#039;s disgruntled, but that&amp;#039;s what happens,&amp;quot; Simmons explained. He continued: &amp;quot;Anyone can say anything if a celebrity&amp;#039;s name&amp;#039;s attached to it... there&amp;#039;s nothing I can do about it... it&amp;#039;s false. We never stole any money from anybody.&amp;quot; Young&amp;#039;s legal representatives have not yet replied to Simmons&amp;#039;s denial. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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