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  • Kimora Simmons, Tim Leissner Secretly Marry, Russell Simmons Confirms Via Twitter

    Kimora Lee Simmons has apparently tied the knot for the third time! According to her ex-husband business magnate Russell Simmons, the former fashion model has wed Goldman Sachs businessman Tim Leissner.

    However, the kicker is that Simmons revealed that his ex-wife has been married for quite some time.

    The Def Jam co-founder, who referred to himself as the “gossip cop,” spilled the news on Twitter.

    It was actually rumored that the JustFab president was actually dating Cash Money mogul Birdman. So, Simmons took to Twitter to set the record straight.

    On Wednesday, Feb. 19, Simmons tweeted, “All of us love @OfficialKimora but the fact is she is happily married. Tim has been in the family for a while now.” Then, shortly after he quipped, “Oh. And.. Tim is not Russian. Lol.”

    Although E! News speculated that the Life in the Fab Lane reality star had gotten married back in December, the claim had never been confirmed. The two vacationed together in St. Barts over the Christmas holidays, which was where the speculation began.

    Lee and Leissner, along with her two daughters Ming, 14, Aoki, 11, and her son Kenzo, 4, spent Christmas together. Russell was also in St. Barts with the family, enjoying the holiday with his daughters.

    The two were also spotted on board an opulent $325,000 per day yacht in the beautiful collectivity. Another clue that raised eyebrows were the rings. The publication also reported that both of them were seen walking on the beach wearing rings on their left ring fingers.

    The Baby Phat creator has reportedly been dating Leissner for less than a year. But, their whirlwind romance doesn’t come as much of a surprise. Kimora and Russell Simmons were married for almost ten years when she filed for divorce in March 2008.

    However, she started dating Djimon Hounsou a whole year before she even filed for divorce from Russell. She and Hounsou had been dating almost two years before her divorce was finalized in January 2009. They dated for five years before calling it quits in 2012.

    However, she remains on amicable terms with Russell, and they often travel together as one big happy family.

    Image via Kimora Lee Simmons, Twitter

  • Kimora Simmons Now Married to Tim Leissner

    Model and designer Kimora Lee Simmons is once again a married woman, and has been for quite some time.

    This confirmation of the model’s new status was made by her ex-husband, music mogul Russell Simmons, who posted on Twitter that Kimora is now happily married, and that “Tim has been family for a while now.” The tweet was to dispel the rumors that his ex-wife was seeing rapper Birdman.

    “Tim” refers to investment banker Tim Leissner, who has been linked to Lee for the past year. He had also been seen vacationing with Lee, Simmons, and their daughters last December in St. Barts. Lee and Leissner were spotted wearing rings on their left ring fingers. The situation may present itself as somewhat odd, but the ex-couple, who were officially divorced in 2009, are actually cool about it.

    Lee was a 17-year-old model when she first met Simmons during New York Fashion Week in 1992. They married in 1998, but ten years later Lee filed for divorce, which was finalized in 2009.

    Lee believed that relationships do change, but she always thought of relationships as “changing and evolving rather than starting and stopping,” which explains her amicable bond with Simmons. Lee and Simmons have two children together, Ming and Aoki.

    It’s not the first time that Simmons defended Lee from rumors, either. When gossip circulated in 2012 that Lee and her then-boyfriend actor Dijimon Hounsou were having problems, he wrote on his website that the two were fine. Lee and Hounsou split up later that year. Lee and Hounsou never married but participated in a traditional Benin commitment ceremony in 2008, and have a son named Kenzo.

    What remains a mystery is when Lee and Leissner first got together and when they tied the knot, because ever since her split with Hounsou, Lee was not seen going out on dates, and appeared to be very much single.

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