The woman who claims Russell Brand raped her against the wall of his Los Angeles home in 2012 said she knows “the demon beneath” his feel-good persona as she revealed more details of their sordid relationship on Sunday.
The unidentified woman, who goes by the pseudonym Nadia, mocked Brand’s online presence as a wellness influencer who has gained a large online following in recent years.
“He’s saying one thing and I know the demon behind it,” she told the U.K.’s Sunday Times, which broke the story along with the U.K.’s Channel 4 Dispatches.
“He wants to help with meditation, he’s completely into this wellness world… It makes me so angry that he has a platform for this.”
The woman decided to go public after learning that a story was being written about various accusations against her.
“What do I want from this?” she added. “Just for him to stop… I’m sick of seeing men get away with it.”
Brand, 48, is accused of rape, sexual assault and sexual abuse by four women between 2006 and 2013 during the peak of his career.
Russell Brand leaves the Troubabour Wembley Park theater in northwest London after performing a comedy set on Saturday, September 16, 2023. AP
The “Get Him to the Greek” actor strongly denied the allegations and insisted that all relationships were consensual.
Nadia claims she met the comedian at an event in Los Angeles and was raped by the star months later after she rejected his offer of a threesome. She also wrote a letter to Brand after the alleged attack in hopes of regaining “some of her power in the process,” the newspaper reported.
The woman, who was in her 30s at the time, said she introduced herself to Brand, then 37, during an after-party for a “test run” for his new show “Brand X.”
He leaned in and kissed her immediately, she claims, and the two began exchanging text messages in May 2012 after the party.
The following month, he said the couple had consensual sex at Brand’s Hollywood home.
“I went there and we had sex. He says, ‘Do you want to use a condom or not use a condom?’ and I said, ‘No, we are absolutely using condoms,’” he recalled to the Sunday Times. “And he respected my wishes.”
The four women were interviewed by the Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches. @C4Dispatches/
Several days later, Brand suggested in a text message that she “bring a friend,” and he also said, “I feel like I need some chaos,” Nadia said.
She saw Brand again on July 1, 2012, after he approached her late and begged her to come.
When she walked through the open door, he allegedly walked out of her room naked and started kissing her, which she called “a little fun” before things took a turn.
“He pushed me against the wall. I was like, ‘What are you doing?’ And he told me, ‘I have a friend here and I want you to come to the bedroom,’” she alleged. “I say, ‘No, that’s not happening, we’re not going to do that.’”
She then tried to escape and move to another wall, but Brand followed her and allegedly raped her without a condom, the Sunday Times reported.
After wondering how she was going to “get out of here alive,” she finally managed to flee to her car.
“I’m sorry,” Brand allegedly messaged her at 3:29 a.m., the news outlet reported. “That was crazy and selfish. I hope you can forgive me, I know you are a lovely person. “X.”
He also tried to call her, but she did not answer, and several sources confirmed the phone number to the Sunday Times. Nadia later responded, telling Brand that she needed help from her while he responded that she was sorry and that she would make it up to her, according to the news outlet.
The alleged victim was treated at a rape crisis center that same day, according to medical records cited by the newspaper.
Later that year, Nadia sent Brand a letter that was originally meant to remain between her and her therapist.
“Do you know what you put me through? My body through? My emotions and my body are upside down. . . You scared me to death on July 1, I thought in any situation I would be strong enough to fight anyone, oh,” read part of the letter reported by the Sunday Times.
“But when it’s someone you know, you don’t expect to be put in that position. “You completely destroyed me.”
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