Comedian Russell Brand has been charged with rape.

[tlcya]

British police have opened a sex crimes investigation triggered by news reports about comedian Russell Brand.

London's Metropolitan Police force said Monday that it had "received a number of allegations of sexual offenses" after a television documentary and newspaper investigations. It said there have been no arrests.
Russell Brand allegations prompt U.K. police to open sex crimes investigation

Scotland Yard 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.

Without naming Brand, the Metropolitan police said on Monday it had received a number of allegations of sexual offences in London after an investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches and the Sunday Times.
Police in London launch investigation into allegations against Russell Brand

“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,” the force said in a statement Monday.

“We have also received a number of allegations of sexual offences committed elsewhere in the country and will investigate these. The offences are all non-recent,” it added.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/25/uk/russell-brand-sexual-assault-police-investigation-intl/index.html

Multiple other women who were not a part of the initial investigation have since come forward with fresh claims about alleged sexual misconduct.
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[tlcya]

Russell Brand has urged his followers to support him financially by paying a subscription fee on a video platform popular with right-wing streamers.

The comedian’s appeal for subscribers on Rumble came in a live stream just hours after the Metropolitan Police said it had opened an investigation into a “number of allegations of sexual offences” it had received against Brand in London as well as elsewhere in the country.
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MPS also said that its Central Specialist Crime Command unit will conduct its investigation into Brand, according to CNN. The unit is led by Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy.

“We continue to encourage anyone who believes they may have been a victim of a sexual offence, no matter how long ago it was, to contact us,” Furphy said in a separate statement.

“We understand it can feel like a difficult step to take, and I want to reassure that we have a team of specialist officers available to advise and support.”

MPS’s announcement comes a week after a number of British politicians called on local authorities to launch an investigation into the allegations against the comedian, with the spokesperson for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying that the allegations should be “treated seriously and treated with sensitivity.”
London police investigate Russell Brand’s alleged sexual offenses

 

[MrsWatson]

Russell Brand facing second criminal inquiry after harassment allegations

Thames Valley police investigating allegations reported in past two weeks about behaviour dating back to 2018

www.theguardian.com

Russell Brand is facing a second criminal investigation in connection to allegations of harassment and stalking.

The woman reported her allegations to Thames Valley police numerous times between 2018 and 2022 but no further action was taken. Brand had also accused the woman of harassment against him in 2017, according to the BBC.

Brand has been approached for comment.

Last week, the Metropolitan police said it had opened an investigation after receiving a number of allegations of sexual offences in London and “elsewhere in the country”.

 

[tlcya]

Brand has largely disappeared from mainstream media but has built up a large following online with videos mixing wellness and conspiracy theories.
Russell Brand faces a second UK police investigation for harassment, stalking

These are the allegations against Brand:

One woman alleges he raped her without a condom against a wall in his Los Angeles home. She says Brand tried to stop her leaving until she told him she was going to the bathroom. She was reportedly treated at a rape crisis centre on the same day, which the Times says it has confirmed via medical records
A second woman, in the UK, alleges Brand assaulted her when he was in his early 30s and she was 16 and still at school. She alleges he referred to her as "the child" during an emotionally abusive and controlling relationship. Looking back, she says he "engaged in the behaviours of a groomer"
A third woman claims Brand sexually assaulted her while she worked with him in Los Angeles. She alleges she repeatedly told Brand to get off her, and when he eventually relented he "flipped" and was "super angry". She says he threatened to take legal action if she told anyone else about her allegation
A fourth woman alleges being sexually assaulted by Brand in the UK and him being physically and emotionally abusive towards her
On the same day the Dispatches allegations emerged, Brand performed a comedy gig at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in north-west London, in which he alluded to the claims but did not address them directly.

He told the audience there were things he wanted to talk about but could not.

On the following Monday, the remaining dates for his Bipolarisation tour were postponed.
Russell Brand: Thames Valley Police investigates allegations

 

[sds71]

The Crown Prosecution Service has authorised the Metropolitan Police Service to charge a man following an investigation by detectives.

The Met has issued a charge and requisition to Russell Brand, 50 (04.02.1975), of Oxfordshire, in connection with the following offences -

• One count of rape
• One count of indecent assault
• One count of oral rape
• Two counts of sexual assault

Detectives began investigating in September 2023 after receiving a number of allegations, which followed reporting by Channel 4’s Dispatches and The Sunday Times.

Russell Brand charged by the Metropolitan Police Service

The CPS has authorised the charges following an investigation by detectives

news.met.police.uk

 

[DS2021]

Russell Brand Charged With Rape & Sexual Assault

Russell Brand has been charged with rape & sexual assault by London's Metropolitan Police

deadline.com

 

[anonypotomous]

• 1999 a woman was raped in the Bournemouth area
• In 2001 a woman was indecently assaulted in the Westminster area of London
• In 2004 a woman was orally raped and sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London
• Between 2004 and 2005, a woman was sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London

Guess the wheels of justice turn slowly .. crazy how it took 26, 24, and 20 years to solve this and charge him, wow!

 

[MrsWatson]

Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault

Actor and comedian charged with rape, indecent assault, oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, say police

www.theguardian.com

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Actor and comedian charged with rape, indecent assault, oral rape and two counts of sexual assault, say police

 

[MrsWatson]

More Details about charges. Assaults against four women in six years.

Russell Brand is charged with two counts of rape and multiple assaults

Comedian Russell Brand has been charged with two counts of rape and multiple sexual assaults, the Metropolitan Police has said.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[bobbymkii]

• 1999 a woman was raped in the Bournemouth area
• In 2001 a woman was indecently assaulted in the Westminster area of London
• In 2004 a woman was orally raped and sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London
• Between 2004 and 2005, a woman was sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London

Guess the wheels of justice turn slowly .. crazy how it took 26, 24, and 20 years to solve this and charge him, wow!

There's no statute of limitations in the UK, and over the last decade or so we've seen many high profile figures in the entertainment industry convicted for historic sex offences.

 

[Sarahlou]

Good, about time.

 

[Izzylizzy]

Russell Brand breaks his silence as he is charged with rape

Actor and comedian Russell Brand has spoken out after being charged today charged with rape, sexual assault against four women, stating he has 'never been a rapist'.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[kuromiiiilove]

Russell Brand breaks his silence as he is charged with rape

Actor and comedian Russell Brand has spoken out after being charged today charged with rape, sexual assault against four women, stating he has 'never been a rapist'.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Funny that he says that during that time he was abusing substances, but was not a rapist. If you were wasted constantly, how do you know what you did? You can’t claim to have been persistently blackout wasted, but also want the public to trust your word over your accusers. moo.

 

[Sillybilly]

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[tlcya]

Funny that he says that during that time he was abusing substances, but was not a rapist. If you were wasted constantly, how do you know what you did? You can’t claim to have been persistently blackout wasted, but also want the public to trust your word over your accusers. moo.

exactly what I was thinking. He owns that he was not a good person and did wrong stuff during active heroin addiction but denies these allegations. Like dude, you remember everything you did while out of your gourd on drugs? That's unusual MOO

 

[bobbymkii]

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[tlcya]

UK - London's Metro Police Open Investigation into Allegations of S.A. Made Against Russell Brand September 2023

thread started when the investigation into these allegations began, will request a merge

 

[JennieM]

Brand has been told to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 2 May, but he is believed to be in the United States.

In these situations, where a suspect may be overseas, prosecutors seek to agree the defendant's return. If there is no co-operation from a suspect, authorities then consider seeking extradition.

Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault

The 49-year-old denied he was ever "a rapist", adding: "I've never engaged in non-consensual activity."

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Izzylizzy]

' Bear Grylls helped baptise Russell Brand in the Thames when comic converted to Christianity after allegations came to light'

April 4,2025

"When Russell Brand was baptised in the River Thames last April, he said it was 'an opportunity to leave the past behind'.

And it was his friend, the TV adventurer Bear Grylls, who was on hand to assist in the ceremony.

With this statement sign of his conversion to Christianity coming little more than six months after news that he had been accused of rape, assault and abuse, critics were sceptical of just how sincere the star was."

cont
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rted-Christianity-allegations-came-light.html

 

[tlcya]

“I’m a spiritual gent and increasingly that’s the level I want to vibrate on, were it not for my crazed lust for sex and glamour,” he said of himself in 2008. Last year, a Channel 4 investigation alleged he is a rapist and a sexual and emotional abuser after four women came forward to accuse him. He denied the allegations. Now, Brand’s a reborn Christian and a “deep-state”, “plandemic” conspiracist.
Russell Brand’s ‘Jesus’ complex is complete and fuelled by conspiracy theories