Mon 25 September 2023:
British police has launched an investigation into a number of sexual offence allegations from across the country after media reporting of claims against Russell Brand.
The 48-year-old comedian and actor has been accused of rape, assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013, when he was at the height of his fame working for the BBC and Channel 4 and starring in Hollywood films. He denies the allegations.
“Following an investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches and The Sunday Times, the Met has received a number of allegations of sexual offences in London,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
“We have also received a number of allegations of sexual offences committed elsewhere in the country and will investigate these.”
BBC ‘URGENTLY LOOKING INTO’ RUSSELL BRAND SEXUAL ASSAULT ALLEGATIONS
Before the first allegations were published, Brand posted a video online denying “very serious criminal allegations” about his personal life, saying he has been “promiscuous” but that all of his relationships had been “consensual”.
On Friday, Brand broke his silence since the allegations were published and broadcast, thanking his supporters for “questioning” the allegations of rape and sexual assault made against him.
In a three-minute video clip, posted on YouTube, Rumble and X, he said the week since the claims were published had been “extraordinary and distressing”.
The Times and Dispatches said one woman had made an allegation of rape, while another said Brand assaulted her when she was 16 and still at school. Two of the accusers had reported the incidents occurred in Los Angeles.
YouTube has suspended Russell Brand’s ability to make money on the platform but Rumble has rejected calls to do the same.
Last week, YouTube announced that Brand will no longer make money from the video streaming site, where his account has 6.6 million subscribers.
Other channels associated with Brand’s main YouTube page include Awakening With Russell (426,000 subscribers) and Football Is Nice (about 20,000 subscribers) and Stay Free With Russell Brand (22,200 subscribers).
However – online video platform Rumble, where Brand also posts his content and has more than 1.4 million subscribers – has refused to stop his ability to make money from their site.
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