Uh O.

Russell Simmons seems to have dragged Oprah Winfrey into his legal turmoil.

Drew Dixon, one of the women who have accused the DefJam mogul of sexual offenses including rape, has subpoenaed the TV legend in her defamation case against him, demanding Winfrey give evidence and cough up documents.

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Oprah Winfrey has been subpoenaed in Drew Dixon’s defamation case against Russell Simmons.Getty Images
In 2017 former DefJam executive Dixon, accused Simmons in a New York Times article of raping her in his apartment in 1995.

In a sit-down with journalist Graham Besinger, Simmons said: “Could someone want notoriety in the market where people thirst for fame?”

He also said “I’ve never been forceful in any of my relationships” and that all his relationships had been “consensual.”

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She’s also suing over Simmons’ remarks about Winfrey’s part in the scandal.

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Drew Dixon previously accused Simmons of raping her in 1995.Penske Media via Getty Images
He said in the Besinger interview that the OWN star had dropped out of producing a documentary, “On The Record,” which addressed a number of women’s accusations against Simmons, because she found “inconsistencies” in their allegations, and claimed that Winfrey had recordings of conversations with accusers that revealed those alleged inconsistencies.

(After she quit the project, Winfrey told the New York Times that she still believed Dixon, but the paper wrote that “she also thought there were inconsistencies in her account that the film had not adequately addressed.” The Times added that “the filmmakers say they have voluminous research files corroborating all the women’s accounts.”)

Now Page Six has learned that Dixon’s attorneys have subpoenaed Winfrey.

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Simmons claimed that WInfrey dropped out of producing a documentary about his accusers because of “inconsistencies” in their allegations.Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for for National CARES Mentoring Movement
A subpoena to Winfrey from Dixon’s lawyers, seen by Page Six, reads: You are hereby commanded… to produce the books, records, papers, data, documents, evidences, writings, and all other tangible things as described more fully in the attached Schedule A at [law firm] Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, 55 Hudson Yards, New York, New York 10001, or electronically to undersigned counsel, on or before March 18, 2025.”

It’s unclear what assets exactly were called for in the attachment, or whether Winfrey complied with the demand or had her lawyer fight the subpoena.

The subpoena goes on: “You are further commanded to… to appear and attend before a notary public or other person authorized by law to administer oaths… and at any recessed or adjourned date, to testify and give evidence, as a witness on an examination before trial by deposition upon oral questions.”

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Winfrey and Simmons pictured together at the funeral of Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 2009.Photo by Steven Senne-Pool/Getty Images
It adds, “This deposition may be videotaped and will continue from day to day until complete.”

Simmons has strenuously denied wrongdoing and he has never been arrested or charged with a crime.

Dixon’s attorneys and reps for Winfrey didn’t respond to our requests for comment.