The Metropolitan Police has said it has received “a number of allegations of sexual assault in London” following news reports about comedian Russell Brand.
16.09.2023 - 16:27 / ok.co.uk
Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse during the height of his fame in an investigation by The Times ahead of a special episode of Channel 4's Dispatches, which will air tonight.
The Times claims that four women have come forward with the allegations after being approached by reporters. Russell, 48, strongly denied the alleged incidents – which took place between 2006 and 2013 – in a preemptive YouTube video, which he posted on Friday night.
In the video, he said: "I’ve received two extremely disturbing letters – well a letter and an email – one from a mainstream media TV company, one from a newspaper listing a litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks – as well as some pretty stupid stuff. "Amidst this litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute.
These allegations pertain to the time when I was working in the mainstream, when I was in the newspapers all the time, when I was in the movies.
"As I’ve written about extensively in my books, I was very very promiscuous. During that time of promiscuity the relationships I had were absolutely always consensual." He continued to address his six million YouTube subscribers: "I was always transparent about that then, almost too transparent, and I’m being transparent about it now, as well.
"And to see the transparency metastasized into something criminal, that I absolutely deny, makes me think, 'Is there another agenda at play?'" In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the actor and comedian previously said he had no regrets about his previous sexual behaviour, claiming to have had intimate relationships with hundreds of women in the past. In 2008, Brand made headlines for his BBC
.The Metropolitan Police has said it has received “a number of allegations of sexual assault in London” following news reports about comedian Russell Brand.
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reported by the BBC, the alleged victim, whom they are calling Olivia, claimed the assault happened on June 16, 2008, during the time she was working at the BBC’s Los Angeles location. After letting Brand, 48, and his team inside for a taping, Olivia went to the bathroom next to the radio station, where she bent down and squatted to get some sinus medication from a medicine cabinet.
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Big Brother spin-off Big Brother’s Big Mouth between 2004 and 2007. During these years, he also presented various shows on MTV, E4 and BBC Radio, before landing roles in Hollywood movies like 2008’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him To The Greek.In recent years, the comedian is better known for his political activism and YouTube channel – where he has over 6million subscribers.
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allegations of rape and sexual assault.The allegations from four women emerged over the weekend in a joint investigation by Channel 4, The Times and The Sunday Times, with the claims spanning a seven-year period between 2006 and 2013. Brand has denied the accusations.The Times now reports that more women have come forward since the release of the report and Channel 4’s Dispatches special on the comedian on Saturday (September 16), with several contacting the paper and The Sunday Times regarding Brand’s alleged behaviour since the early 2000s.
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Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse following an investigation by Channel 4, The Times and The Sunday Times.The actor, comedian and presenter had already denied what he termed “very serious criminal allegations” in a video that was released yesterday evening (September 15). In the video, Brand insisted that his relationships have always been consensual.The allegations against Brand relate to a seven year period “at the height of his fame” between 2006 and 2013 according to The Sunday Times and come from four women, one of whom was 16 at the time.
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