British police have opened a sex crimes investigation triggered by news reports about comedian Russell Brand.
19.09.2023 - 01:47 / nme.com
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.
His videos have been criticised for peddling conspiracy theories on politics and the COVID-19 pandemic.Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse across a seven-year period between 2006 and 2013.The allegations, which were published in a joint investigation by The Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches, are from four women. Brand has denied the accusations.One of the accusers alleged that Brand raped her in 2012 in his Los Angeles home.
The woman, who was treated at a rape crisis centre on the same day, said she did not report the alleged rape to police at the time because she was scared due to his fame.Another woman claimed Brand had assaulted her during an emotionally abusive three-month relationship, while he was 31 and she was aged 16. Speaking in the Dispatches documentary, the woman, who remained anonymous, claimed Brand once “forced his penis down her throat”, which caused her to punch him in the stomach to make him stop.A third woman, who worked for Brand, said he sexually assaulted her in Los Angeles.
British police have opened a sex crimes investigation triggered by news reports about comedian Russell Brand.
Russell Brand of exposing himself to her and then laughing about it minutes later on his BBC Radio 2 show.The woman, who remains anonymous, said the incident occurred in 2008 when she was working in the same building as the BBC in Los Angeles.Minutes later, Brand was recorded laughing about the encounter, with his co-presenter saying that the comedian “showed his willy to a lady”.Brand has not yet responded to the latest allegation. His co-presenter Matt Morgan told the BBC he was “not aware until now of the nature of this encounter”.Describing the incident, the woman alleges that she answered the door to Brand and his team, who were there to pre-record an episode of The Russell Brand Show for Radio 2.She then went to the bathroom to get some sinus medication, walking past the radio studio.
Russell Brand has posted a video addressing a “distressing week” following allegations of rape, sexual assault and controlling behaviour by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches in a joint investigation.The actor, comedian and presenter had already denied what he termed “very serious criminal allegations” in a video that was released last week (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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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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