Kimora Lee Simmons' Estranged Husband Files for Divorce After He Was Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for $4.5B Money Laundering Scheme

Kimora Lee Simmons and her husband Tim Leissner are parting ways legally.

via: Daily Mail

Kimora Lee Simmons' estranged husband Tim Leissner has filed for divorce from the fashion designer following around four years of separation.

The finance executive, 56, submit documents in Los Angeles Superior Court on February 4 reviewed by the Daily Mail that stated he and Simmons, 50, had encountered 'irreconcilable differences' in their 12-year marriage.

The German-born banker, who wed Simmons in March 2014, has asked the court to award him spousal support from Simmons and block her from getting money from him.

The one-time Goldman Sachs director asked the court to order Simmons to pay for his court expenses in the case.

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Simmons for further comment on the story.

The Baby Phat entrepreneur and Leissner are parents to son Wolfe Lee Leissner, 11.

The St. Louis native is mother to five children: daughters Ming, 25, and Aoki, 23, with ex-husband Russell Simmons, 68; son Kenzo, 16, with ex-boyfriend Djimon Hounsou, 61; and son Gary, 13, who she adopted in 2020.

Kimora Lee Simmons began seeing Leissner in the wake of her split from Hounsou.

She was linked to the actor, whose cinematic credits include movies such as Amistad, Blood Diamond and Guardians of the Galaxy, for more than five years spanning 2007 to 2012.

Leissner in August of 2018 entered a guilty plea in connection with conspiring to launder money and conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act over a transaction involving Malaysia's government.

The U.S. Justice Department said in 2023 that as part of the deal in which he entered his plea, Leissner forfeited $43 million in cash in addition to 'shares of stock valued at more than $200 million.'

In February, Leissner turned himself into authorities at United States Penitentiary, Allenwood in Pennsylvania, his attorney Henry Mazurek told Bloomberg, to begin his two-year sentence.

Kimora was wed to Russell Simmons from 1998 until they finalized their split in 2009.

The Def Jam co-founder's career has tumbled after at least 15 women accused him of sexual misconduct amid the rise of the MeToo movement in late 2017. He has denied all allegations.

He tried in vain to salvage his reputation following the sexual misconduct allegations with a publicity campaign with the slogan #NotMe.

'I will prove without any doubt that I am innocent of all rape charges,' Russell Simmons said in December of 2017. 'My intention is not to diminish the #MeToo movement in anyway, but instead hold my accusers accountable.’

After less than a month, Russell Simmons scuttled the campaign and later that year, relocated to Bali, Indonesia.

Simmons in 2024 lashed out on social media after celebs who had visited him overseas - a group that included Usher, Taraji P. Henson and the since-convicted Sean 'Diddy' Combs - had taken flak online for continuing to associate with him.

Russell Simmons said at the time, 'Black people, did you forget that I got 10,000 black men out of jail? … And that I registered more of you to vote than probably anybody you know?

'And I worked for Black Lives Matter and every movement that’s helped our people - all the women’s rights and even gay rights movements that I did so much work for.

'To let them demonize me in such a way that my friends cannot visit me without you attacking them - but yet you stand next to Donald Trump, knock it off.'

Kimora Lee Simmons and Russell tangled late last year, amid tension over problems between Russell and his daughters.

After Russell accused Kimora of trying to influence their daughters against him, Kimora said on social media in December, 'My "girls" are GROWN WOMEN! You know these are lies.

'Why are you typing from thousands of miles away in a non extradition country? Go negotiate and Answer your Accusers.'

She told People earlier in the month, 'Usually I would say that I co-parent okay, but the kids are with me full-time. I'm pretty much the primary parent.

'It's difficult, but I don't know sometimes what other people are thinking. Guys are weird.'