Channel 4 Boss Alex Mahon Says ‘Allegations Made Against Russell Brand Are Horrendous’

Russell Brand is facing an investigation by a second police force over allegations of stalking and harassment.

The CEO of YouTube is standing by his company’s decision.

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has defended the decision to strip Russell Brand’s 6.6M-subscriber channel of ads, thereby preventing him from monetizing it following sexual assault allegations.

“It’s the Alex Mahon show,” was how one seasoned British TV executive characterized the industry’s biennial gathering in Cambridge, chaired by the Channel 4 CEO. 

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Russell Brand has been accused of pinning a woman onto a sofa and kissing her, despite her telling him to stop.The claims have surfaced from a fifth woman less than a week after the comedian-turned-Hollywood-star was accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse. Russell Brand has strongly denied the previous accusations and said all his relationships were consensual.

Katherine Ryan avoided the “elephant in the room” at the RTS Cambridge tonight by not mentioning Russell Brand during an RTS Cambridge comedy set.

UK media regulator Ofcom has received more than 100 complaints from viewers who felt that Channel 4’s bombshell expose on Russell Brand was “unfair” to the comedian.

K.J. Yossman A YouTube exec has said disgraced comedian Russell Brand should not be able to “make a living” through the platform but added YouTube currently has no plans to ban him. Pedro Pina, YouTube’s EMEA VP was appearing in conversation with Channel 4 boss Alex Mahon at the Royal Television Society conference in Cambridge, U.K, on Wednesday when Mahon asked him about the decision to turn off monetization of Brand’s YouTube channel.

BBC Director General Tim Davie has declined to rule out an external inquiry into the Russell Brand allegations as he stresses the issues surrounding the situation are “not wholly historic.”

K.J. Yossman BBC boss Tim Davie has said the Russell Brand controversy shows that media companies can’t be “complacent.” The BBC is currently investigating following allegations that comedian Brand raped and sexually assaulted four women.

Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon has said that the allegations against Russell Brand show that “terrible” treatment of women was tolerated in the British television industry.

Another day, another controversial resurfaced clip of Russell Brand!

Russell Brand is being demonetized by YouTube.

YouTube has suspended Russell Brand from making money on the platform for "violating" its "creator responsibility policy." The decision was made in order to "protect" its users, a spokesperson for the video streaming company said on Tuesday. The move follows the allegations of rape, sexual assault, and coercive behavior made by four women over the weekend. The allegations pertain to the period between 2006 and 2013.

YouTube has confirmed that it has “suspended monetisation” on Russell Brand’s channel due to “violating” its “creator responsibility policy”.Brand was last week accused of rape and sexual assaults alleged to have taken place between 2006 and 2013. Brand has denied those allegations.

YouTube has suspended revenue on Russell Brand’s channel after the British comedian was accused of rape and sexual assault.

YouTube has suspended the monetisation of Russell Brand's channel amid allegations of rape and sexual assaul t against the comic.

Naman Ramachandran Google-owned YouTube has suspended advertisements on videos by comedian and actor Russell Brand after allegations of rape and sexual assault. YouTube said it had suspended the monetization of Brand’s channel for “violating our Creator Responsibility policy,” adding that the action was in order to “protect” its users.

Russell Brand's father has taken to Facebook to defend his son, as he continues to face allegations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse.The allegations were brought to light in the joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4, and aired on TV in a harrowing episode of Channel 4's Dispatches The comedian and actor, 48, has denied the claims, and now his father, Ron Brand, has defended him from these accusations, posting a furious rant on his Facebook account. Ron has claimed that the BBC, and other media outlets, are pursuing a "vendetta" against his son, by spreading these "unproven allegations." According to the Daily Mail, the 80-year-old wrote: "Is this seriously the most important thing happening in this world? Immigrants? Cost of living? 10s of thousands killed in Ukraine? Who is prioritising at BBC News.