Rightie icon Russell Brand charged with 4 counts of rape by UK police

Brand sells his newest grift - an amulet which will "ward off the evil rays of the deep state".....

video - Brand sucks Trump's cock in a pro vote video before the election.

And Brand joins Trump and the Tates in the great parade of Maga rapists.

Lenny59 said:

Women suddenly remember the "rapes" from decades ago LOL And how coincidental, as Brand becomes a conservative influencer.

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Pre–2023 allegations

In a 2006 interview, Dannii Minogue said Brand had sexually harassed her after she appeared on his TV show. She described him as "a bit of a vile predator", adding: "I certainly don't think he has cured his sex addiction." She said that Brand "wouldn't take no for an answer" and "throughout the whole interview he kept making shocking remarks that I can't even repeat".[21][186]

In 2007, on Brand's BBC Radio 2 comedy show, he called former Jim'll Fix It host Jimmy Savile and asked to meet him. Savile answered that that would only happen if Brand brought along his sister if he had one. In response, Brand joked, "I've got a personal assistant [...] and part of her job description is that anyone I demand she greet, meet, massages, she has to do it. She's very attractive, Jimmy."[187] When he asked Savile what she should wear, Savile replied he would "prefer her to wear nothing".[187][188] The exchange between Brand and Savile was featured in the 2023 Channel 4 Dispatches documentary Russell Brand: In Plain Sight.[189]

From 2006 to 2008 Brand received five complaints while he was a BBC radio host and presenter of both sexual misconduct and unprofessional workplace behaviour.[190]

In 2014, former girlfriend Jordan Martin said Brand had committed sexual assault and physical and emotional abuse during their six-month relationship in 2007.[191][192] She accused Brand of assaulting her at the Lowry Hotel in Salford when he became angry after discovering she had spoken to an ex-boyfriend.[192]

While filming a programme with Brand in 2018, Katherine Ryan reportedly made remarks to Brand, indicating he was a "sexual predator"; these remarks were not broadcast.[193]


Sunday Times/Channel 4 investigation (2023)

Release

Early in 2019, The Sunday Times began inquiries after being made aware of allegations of sexual misconduct made against Russell Brand.[194] In 2022, Channel 4's Dispatches began working with The Sunday Times and The Times to investigate the allegations.[195] On 16 September 2023, allegations were published from four women anonymously, accusing Brand of sexual assaults, and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013, following the joint investigation.[196][197][198] At the time concerned, the youngest of the women alleging abuse was aged 16 (the age of consent throughout the UK), while Brand was 31 and she accused him of sexual assault and of grooming her at the time.[196] Most of the women, who The Times said do not know each other, have chosen to remain anonymous in fear of public harassment.[199] Additionally, a fifth woman accused him of flashing his genitals at her.[196] The Sunday Times noted that several of the accusers "felt compelled" to speak out "given Brand's newfound prominence as an online wellness influencer".[9][200][201]

The reports noted that complaints about Brand's behaviour had been made to Lesley Douglas, then controller of BBC Radio 2, in 2007, after Brand allegedly urinated into a bottle "in full view of everyone" in the BBC Radio 2 studio and hurled objects "in fits of rage".[202] Brand allegedly pursued female audience members for sex and exposed himself to a crew member on the shows EFourum and Big Brother's Big Mouth.[202] Production company Endemol and Channel 4 released statements of regret, saying in part: "We are sorry these women did not feel supported and protected while working on these productions and in light of these serious allegations encourage them to contact us in confidence."[202]


Reactions and aftermath

Brand responded by denying any criminal wrongdoing, saying his relationships "were absolutely always consensual" while stemming from a period of time when he was "very, very promiscuous".[196] He said he had been contacted by both The Sunday Times and Channel 4 prior to the publication of the story, and said their reporting contained "a litany" of "astonishing, rather baroque attacks", saying at the report's core were "some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute".[9]

On 16 September 2023, Brand performed at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in London. Brand told the audience, "I really appreciate your support. I love you. There are obviously some things I absolutely cannot talk about – and I appreciate that you will understand."[203] On 18 September 2023, all remaining dates on the tour were postponed.[204] Brand was also dropped by his agent Tavistock Wood amid the accusations.[205] Wood released a statement, writing in part: "Russell Brand categorically and vehemently denied the allegation made in 2020, but we now believe we were horribly misled by him."[206]

YouTube said on 19 September that it had suspended Brand's ability to make money from his account; a spokesperson said, "This decision applies to all channels that may be owned or operated by Russell Brand."[207] The director general of the BBC, Tim Davie, announced an internal review of complaints against Brand during his time working for the organisation.[208] The BBC had already removed some material featuring Brand from its archive.[208] The CEO of the media platform Rumble, Chris Pavlovski, on 21 September, instead said the company would not "join a cancel culture mob". Pavlovski rejected a House of Commons Media Committee request to join YouTube in removing the monetisation from Brand's channels "based solely on these media accusations"; he also stated that the parliament's request was "extremely disturbing".[209][210][211]

Television presenter Vanessa Feltz released a clip of her appearance on Brand's TV show in 2006, where he asked if he could "have it off" with her or her daughters, which left her "deeply offended".[212] Lorraine Kelly said she felt uncomfortable during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show after Brand touched her thigh and called her a "slut" in 2007.[213][214]

In November 2024 detectives investigating allegations of offences between 2006 and 2013 sent the Crown Prosecution Service a file of evidence so the prosecutors could consider bringing charges against him.[215][216]


Police and legal actions

After having encouraged anyone "who believes themself to have been a victim of sexual assault" to come forward, the Metropolitan Police received on 17 September an allegation of sexual assault against Brand said to have taken place in Soho, London, in 2003.[217][218] The alleged incident predates the period of alleged incidents covered in The Sunday Times and Channel 4 investigations.[219][220][221] On 19 November 2023, Brand was questioned by police in connection with alleged sexual assaults.[222][223]

On 21 September 2023, a woman accused Brand of exposing himself to her at the BBC's Los Angeles office in 2008, and then laughing about it minutes later on his BBC Radio 2 show.[224]

In November 2023, a woman accused Brand of exposing himself and later trapping and assaulting her in a bathroom during the production in 2010 of the comedy film Arthur (2011). She was an extra on the film and brought forth a lawsuit against him and Warner Bros.[225] On 3 November 2023, the lawsuit was filed against Brand under New York's Adult Survivors Act, which allowed victims of sexual offences for which the statute of limitations had lapsed a period of one year to file a suit. Warner Bros. Pictures and others involved in Arthur's production were also named as defendants for neglecting, aiding and abetting misconduct by Brand on the film set.[226][227]

On 6 February 2025, Brand was sued for sexual abuse at the High Court of Justice in London.[228] On 4 April 2025, Brand was charged by Metropolitan Police with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, one count of oral rape and two counts of sexual assault.[14][229] The charges related to alleged offences against four women, with the incidents alleged to have occurred in Westminster and Bournemouth between 1999 and 2005.[230] Brand posted a video denying the charges, saying "I'm now going to have the opportunity to defend these charges in court and I'm incredibly grateful for that."[14]