Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse

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Claims related to seven-year period are detailed in Times and Channel 4 investigation after actor had already denied allegations

has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse during a seven-year period at the height of his fame., the Times and Channel 4 Dispatches.very serious criminal allegations”

on Friday night. In a video posted online, Brand said he had received correspondence from a media company and a newspaper detailing the claims; this is standard practice for journalists preparing to report serious allegations about a named entity. He issued his denial in a video posted across his accounts on several media platforms, insisting his relationships had always been consensual.He portrayed the reports as a “litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks”. He said they pertained to a period of his career when he was working “in the mainstream … As I have written about extensively in my books, I was very, very promiscuous” at that time.

Brand continued: “Now, during that time of promiscuity the relationships I had were absolutely always consensual. I was always transparent about that then, almost too transparent, and I am being transparent about it now as well. “To see that transparency metastasised into something criminal, that I absolutely deny, makes me question: is there another agenda at play?”

 

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