UK comedian Russell Brand accused of sexual assault: media

UK comedian Russell Brand accused of sexual assault: media

Published September 16,2023


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British comic and actor Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse throughout a seven-year interval, based on the outcomes of a media investigation printed Saturday.

Four ladies have alleged sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013 when Brand was on the top of his fame working as a presenter for BBC Radio 2, Channel 4 and appearing in Hollywood films, a newspaper stated.

The allegations, which Brand denies, have been made in a joint investigation by The Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4 Dispatches.

According to the investigation, printed within the Sunday Times, others have made a spread of accusations about Brand’s controlling, abusive and predatory behaviour.

In a video launched on Friday, Brand, 48, denied the “very serious criminal allegations” that he stated will likely be made towards him.

He stated he obtained letters from a TV firm and a newspaper itemizing “a litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks”.

“Amidst this litany of astonishing rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute,” he stated within the video clip posted on-line.

He stated “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, and as I’ve written about extensively in my books, I was very, very promiscuous”.

He added that “during that time of promiscuity, the relationships I had were absolutely, always consensual”.

According to the media findings, one lady alleged Brand raped her in his Los Angeles house whereas one other claims he assaulted her throughout a three-month relationship whereas she was 16 and nonetheless in school.

Known internationally as the previous husband of pop star Katy Perry, Brand started his profession as a humorist within the early 2000s.

He was the host of chat present Big Brother’s Big Mouth, a spin off of the favored actuality sequence, for 3 years from 2004.

He additionally performed rock star Aldous Snow within the 2008 movie “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and its 2010 sequel “Get Him To The Greek”.

Source: www.anews.com.tr