Actor Russell Brand Accused of Sexual Assault by Four Women
Comedian and actor Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse during a seven-year period at the height of his fame.
The allegations were made as part of a joint investigation by the Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches.
Four women are alleging sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013.
Brand has denied the allegations and said his relationships have been “always consensual”.
At the time of the alleged assaults, Brand was a presenter for BBC Radio 2, Channel 4, and an actor in Hollywood films.
Other claims made as part of the investigation include allegations about Brand’s controlling, abusive and predatory behaviour.
On Friday, Russell Brand released a video in which he denied “serious criminal allegations” he said were about to be made against him.
The actor and comedian said he had received letters from a TV company and newspaper, containing “a litany” of “aggressive attacks”.
In the video, posted on YouTube and X, formerly known as Twitter, Brand said: “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, and as I’ve written about extensively in my books I was very, very promiscuous.
“Now during that time of promiscuity the relationships I had were absolutely, always consensual.”
He did not name the TV company or newspaper in his video.
Brand has hosted a number of radio and TV programmes for networks including Channel 4, MTV, Radio X and the BBC.
He started his career as a stand-up comedian in the early 2000s but got his big break a few years later as the host of Big Brother’s Big Mouth on E4.
After his profile surged, Brand was cast in Hollywood films such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him To The Greek and Arthur.
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