Russell Brand was accused of raping, sexually assaulting and abusing four women over the course of seven years, and one of the victims was a 16-year-old boy he allegedly called “the boy,” according to an explosive report that the actor and comedian British previously denied. upon its launch.
The allegations against the 48-year-old stem from the height of his fame between 2006 and 2013, according to a joint investigation published Saturday by The Sunday Times of London, the Times of London and Channel 4 Dispatches.
A woman, identified as “Nadia,” alleged that the “Get Him to the Greek” star raped her against the wall of his Los Angeles home in 2012 and was treated at a rape crisis center that same day, records show. doctors cited by the points of sale.
The woman later told Brand that she had been scared and that he had taken advantage of her, telling him: “When a little girl [says] “NO means no,” to which he responded, “I’m so sorry,” text messages cited in the report show.
Another accuser who was 16 at the time alleged that the then-31-year-old called her “the girl” and assaulted her during their “emotionally abusive and controlling” three-month relationship, according to the report.
The woman, known only by the pseudonym “Alice” and who was over the age of consent in the UK, said Brand was “grooming” her, an allegation a family member backed up to the Sunday Times during its investigation.
Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and abuse, according to a joint investigation by the Sunday Times of London, the Times and Channel 4 Dispatches.Russell Brand/Twitter
Alice said he told her to read Vladimir Nabokov’s raunchy “Lolita,” save her number in his phone under the name “Carly,” and even gave her “scripts” to lie to her parents.
“It was isolating,” he told the outlet.
Brand allegedly even sent a car to take Alice out of school and take her home, he said. On one occasion, her driver told her not to enter the comedian’s house.
“‘Please. I’m asking you not to go in there. You could be my little girl and I would like someone to do this for her,’ Alice recalled the driver saying.
Alice also accused Brand of making her choke once when he “forced his penis down her throat” and she allegedly punched him in the stomach to make him stop.
A woman, identified as “Nadia,” alleged that the “Get Him to the Greek” star raped her against the wall of his Los Angeles home in 2012 and was treated at a rape crisis center that same day, records show. doctors cited by outlets.REUTERS
‘Like the devil’
Allegations from Brand’s other accusers included a woman who claimed he sexually assaulted her at his property in West Hollywood after they met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, according to the Times of London.
The woman, identified as “Phoebe,” said at one point she realized other staff members had left and she was left alone with Brand.
She realized Brand wanted to have sex with her and eventually trapped her in a bedroom and chased her before pinning her down and assaulting her.
“I saw something pass through his eyes, I swear to God, like black, his eyes no longer had color, they were black, like the devil,” he recalled to the outlet. “As if a different person had literally entered his body.”
“I think he had his hands in my pants, but I was fighting really hard and screaming really loud, hoping I could get through it somehow,” he continued, “I don’t know what the real definition of ‘sexual assault’ is. It is, but it feels like that. “He didn’t rape me.”
The woman later told Brand that she was scared and felt taken advantage of, telling him: “When a little girl [says] “NO means no,” to which he responded that he was “very sorry,” according to text messages cited by the report program. Headlinephoto / Splash News
The star got “super angry” but eventually stopped.
Brand’s ex-girlfriend Jordan Martin made similar accusations in her 2014 self-published book “kNot: Entanglement with a Celebrity.” She claims he sexually assaulted her at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester, England, after becoming angry that she had spoken to an ex-boyfriend.
Martin alleged that the incident occurred during their six-month relationship that began in February 2007.
‘Coordinated attack’
Brand has incorporated stories about his sex addiction and alleged predatory behavior into his routines for years. She has had relationships with several high-profile women, including model Kate Moss, and married pop star Katy Perry in 2010, but the relationship lasted only 14 months.
He is currently married to his second wife, Laura Gallacher, mother of his two children. Gallacher, a writer, deleted her Instagram page after news of the allegations emerged on Saturday.
Brand regularly had sexual relationships with women he met at events, the damning report claims. Two women he had separate flirtations with said he became threatening when they refused to have sex with him, causing one to leave in tears.
Most of the women who told their stories wanted to remain anonymous in the exhibition and in a subsequent documentary to be released on Channel Four’s Dispatches series on Saturday.
Brand denied the allegations in a video preemptively posted to YouTube and X, formerly Twitter, alerting fans to “serious criminal” allegations he said would be made against him.
Another accuser who was 16 at the time alleged that Brand called her “the girl” and assaulted her during their “emotionally abusive and controlling” three-month relationship, according to the report.
“I have received two extremely disturbing letters, or a letter and an email, one from a major television outlet and one from a newspaper, listing a litany of egregious and aggressive attacks,” he said.
“Amidst this litany of surprising and rather baroque attacks, there are some very serious accusations that I absolutely refute.”
The actor said the allegations stem from a time when he was “very, very promiscuous,” which he said he wrote about “extensively in my books.”
“Now, during that time of promiscuity, the relationships I had were absolutely and always consensual,” he said.
The “Arthur” actor said he believed he was the target of a “coordinated attack” and that he was going to investigate the matter because it was “very, very serious.”
The woman, known only by the pseudonym “Alice” and who was over the age of consent in the UK, said Brand was “grooming” her, an allegation a family member backed up to the Sunday Times during its investigation.Russell Brand/Twitter
‘Some things I can’t talk about’
Brand was greeted with applause in his first appearance since the explosive allegations during his sold-out “Bipolarisation” show at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theater on Saturday night, arriving an hour late, which he blamed on traffic.
He received huge applause when he arrived an hour late, which he attributed to traffic, and one fan was seen holding a sign that read: “We support you, Russell. Stay strong. Stay Free. We love you.”
“There are some things I can’t talk about, and I hope you appreciate that I’m going to give you everything I’ve got,” a seemingly unfazed Brand told fans, according to a video obtained by the Daily Mail.
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When he saw a man in the audience who looked like him, he said he could be his body double.
“That might come in handy,” he joked.
Meanwhile, UK TV stations Brand appeared on when he rose to fame are now under pressure to explain the extent to which they were aware of the alleged sexual misconduct following claims it was an “open secret”. in the industry.
Senior politicians said the claims, if true, suggest a possible “exploitation of power” within the industry and suggested authorities should investigate, the Telegraph reported.
Both Channel 4, where Brand hosted a spin-off of the station’s hit show “Big Brother”, and the BBC, where he fronted a show of the same name from 2006, issued statements about the allegations on Saturday night.
He was fired from the BBC in 2008 after taking part in a lewd on-air phone call with broadcaster and film critic Jonathan Ross to actor Andrew Sachs in which they both left messages on the “Fawlty Towers” star’s answering machine with comments. about Brand’s relationship with his granddaughter.
The BBC referred to the investigation it carried out after the incident, which resulted in a fine of $160,000.
“The circumstances of the rape were reviewed in detail at the time,” he said, according to the Telegraph. “We hope this shows that the BBC takes the issues seriously and is prepared to act.”
Channel 4 said it was “determined to understand the full nature of what happened”.
“Channel 4 is shocked to learn of these deeply worrying allegations, including behavior that allegedly took place on programs made for Channel 4 between 2004 and 2007,” a spokesperson said, according to the Telegraph.
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