Amanda Branch is portrayed on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, in Seattle. Credit: KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
2 women accuse Seattle hip-hop artist Raz Simone of abuse, coercion By
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manda Branch, age 24, told herself everything would be all right. She was lying on the carpeted floor of her downtown Seattle apartment, and her boyfriend was forcibly cutting off her hair.
Struggling, she said she stopped when she realized she couldnât get up. Recalling what happened recently, Branch said she turned her head toward the window of her fourth floor apartment and watched as the Monorail passed by.
Solomon Simone, a Seattle hip-hop artist who goes by Raz, was cutting Branchâs hair that summer day in 2015, she said. Branch and Simone had been together for years, and often stayed at Branchâs corner street unit, over an espresso shop and nail salon. Branch said she wasnât allowed to leave without telling him. If she did, there were consequences. Simone de