Kimora Lee Simmons Says She Didn’t Help Estranged Husband Tim Leissner Hide Millions in Embezzlement Scheme

Lawyers for fashion model Kimora Lee Simmons have denied her involvement in her estranged husband Tim Leissner’s embezzlement scheme.

Simmon’s legal team denies the allegations that she helped Leissner hide tens of millions of dollars that were stolen in the $4.5 billion 1MDB embezzlement case.

Leissner, who is now considered a disgraced former star banker for Goldman Sachs, is also the government’s star witness in its ongoing case against alleged fraudster Roger Ng, the New York Post reported.

Ng has pleaded not guilty after he was accused of conspiring with Leissner, who was his boss at the time, and fugitive Malaysian businessman Jho Low in a scheme to defraud the 1MDB sovereign development fund.

Leissner has since landed a deal with prosecutors by pleading guilty in exchange for his cooperation in the federal case against 49-year-old Ng.

Ng’s lawyers have asked a Brooklyn federal court judge to allow them to submit evidence that Simmons, the ex-wife of hip hop mogul Russell Simmons, assisted Leissner to launder at least $80 million of money that was stolen from the development fund.

Federal prosecutors have also requested that any communications between Leissner and Simmons be excluded.

Simmons is listed as the owner of shell companies that are registered in Seychelles, Delaware, and California. Those companies were used by Leissner to funnel cash he received from a “Kuwaiti sheikh,” Ng’s legal team claims.

Ng’s lawyers also claim that Leissner and Simmons traveled to Lichtenstein in 2018 “for the express purpose of creating a trust for ‘asset protection’ — hiding Leissner’s ill-gotten gains, which had been transferred to Ms. Simmons Leissner’s name.”

Simmons’s attorneys rejected the allegations and said their client did no wrongdoings. They also claim that any communications between Simmons and her husband are protected under marital privilege laws and therefore inadmissible in court.

“The allegations made by Mr. Ng’s counsel against Kimora are patently false and we look forward to a successful conclusion in court,” David Willingham, the attorney for Simmons, told The Post.

However, the opposing party countered by saying marital privilege doesn’t apply in this case since Leissner admitted in his testimony that he forged divorce papers and was still legally married to his previous spouse, Judy Chan Leissner when he wed Simmons in 2014.

Rich people problems!