British police have opened a sex crimes investigation triggered by news reports about comedian Russell Brand.
18.09.2023 - 12:33 / deadline.com
Fresh off being wrapped on knuckles by UK regulators this morning, GB News saw a pair of its presenters angrily clash over the sexual assault allegations surrounding Russell Brand.
In a video posted online by the network, Andrew Pierce and Bev Turner exchange furious words on the Britain’s Newsroom program as they expressed opinions on the allegations from a joint Channel 4 Dispatches, Times and Sunday Times investigation that presenter and actor Brand had committed several sexual offenses against four women.
In the heated exchange, Pierce takes co-presenter Turner to task over a message sent on Saturday morning on X (see it below) she sent supporting Brand, calling him a “hero.”
The message — released before the newspaper report and Channel 4 program but after Brand released a pre-emptive statement denying the allegations — claimed he was “being attacked” and Turner that the Being Sarah Marshall star was “welcome on my @GBNews show anytime.”
“Bev, that is shameful. You have dismissed, in one tweet, a four-year investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4,” says Pierce after reading out the message and noting that the allegations include the grooming of a 16-year-old girl and the rape of two women.
“Don’t you think before you say someone is a hero, you should establish whether these very serious allegations are true,” says Pierce.
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Turner then claims to have spoken to “several sources” close to Brand and The Times to back up
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