Russell Simmons [& HSAN Withdrew], Al Sharpton Moves on Tony Yayo Incident

I haven't been keeping up with the details of Tony Yayo's alleged assault of a 14 year old but apparently it's moved past the "alleged" stage for Russell Simmons and Al Sharpton who have a press conference and rally planned for Monday.  At least, that's how I'm reading the press release.

I'm very curious about what Simmons will actually say because it doesn't seem like he'd move on something like this unless he had pretty strong insider knowledge of what happened, so how he phrases his statements Monday will possibly speak to that knowledge.

Update:
Guess I'll remain curious about Russell Simmons because now he says he's not involved with the event.  Russell Simmons is reported to have said:
We are not involved and we have no interest in the public debate over this issue...While we condemn violence in all its forms we see our role as peace makers.

However, a publicist at 5W PR confirmed that Simmons and HSAN were originally involved and decided to pull out.  That's interesting.  Wonder why?

Comments

[Evorgleb]

Yeh we been talking about Russell, Sharpton, Yayo and the whole mess over at Highbrid Nation. Honestly its gonna turn into quite a situation and I'm not too surprised that Russell stepped out of it.

[Rizoh]

Why am I not surprised?

[Jarrett Carter]

Russell probably used his juice to find out the real deal behind the issue, and decided not to be a catalyst for one side over another.

Interestingly enough, Buck decried it vehemently and repeatedly.

[Clyde Smith]

Jarret, thanks for the heads up on Young Buck. I hadn't even realized that part was happening.