Six women have accused Russell Brand of sexual misconduct in a Times of London investigation published after his conviction and sentencing for rape and sexual assault.
By Hermes Vector
Six more women have accused Russell Brand of sexual misconduct, according to a new investigation by The Times of London and the Sunday Times. The report was published on Thursday, days after Brand was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for rape and sexual assault in England.
A jury found Brand guilty last week on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault involving four women. He was acquitted on two rape counts and one count of attempted indecent assault. He stood trial for three weeks in October. Brand was sentenced Monday to more than a decade in prison for rape and sexual assault. In sentencing remarks, Mr Justice Bennathan described Brand as a “sexual predator.” He said his fame protected him until 2023, when Channel 4 and The Times of London published allegations about his conduct.
The Times investigation cites interviews with the accusers, their friends who were made aware of the incidents and archive material including text messages and photographs. The accusers are identified only by their first names. One woman’s name was changed for the article. The allegations span from the aughts to 2015.
One woman, identified as Alex by The Times, said she met Brand in her 30s and engaged in an on-and-off relationship with the actor during the aughts. She detailed his alleged “controlling behavior” over her eating and drinking habits and alleged Brand initiated sex without a condom after she refused his advances. She told the outlet: “He was very close, on top of me, and sort of pushing — but I knew he didn’t have a condom on and I said, ‘No, stop,’ and I started to sort of try and move. And … that wasn’t happening.” Alex alleged that Brand apologized to her in person and by text message. “I justified it in my head by saying to myself: at least he admitted it,” she added.
Another woman, identified as Vicky, said she was 19 when she met Brand during a meet-and-greet in 2007. She noted Brand’s more forceful sexual behavior in a pair of separate incidents. During one encounter, she felt he was “rougher” in bed after she refused his request that she bring along a friend. In her final encounter with Brand at his rental, she alleges he engaged in sex without foreplay, leaving her in pain. She urged him to stop twice but he continued. Vicky said she was moaning in pain and that Brand told her “I want you to be louder so [another woman at the rental] can hear.” Vicky recalled another woman came out of a bedroom and began performing a sex act on Brand while she was still present. Brand allegedly also said, “tonight was consensual, nobody did anything they didn’t want to do.”
A woman who said she met Brand in San Francisco accused the actor of grabbing her breasts at a bar. Brand allegedly also shoved his hands down her pants and digitally penetrated her in a hotel after his comedy show. A fourth woman said she met Brand at a music festival in 2005 but didn’t have sex with the star until a “low day” when Brand alleged tried to “stick [his] penis” down her throat, nearly making her sick.
A fifth woman said she was in her late 20s when she met Brand in 2006. She had won BBC 6 Music Competition and was invited to the show as a guest. Brand allegedly proposed an “arrangement” and they had sex in a disabled lavatory. They saw each other on-and-off for the next year but during their last meeting at the actor’s home, Brand seemed “pissed off and angry” and allegedly requested the woman to lick a toilet after they had sex.
The sixth woman said she worked at a London venue that Brand had frequented and accused the actor of physical violence. Brand, whom she described as a “disgusting, pervy comic,” tried to pull her into a disabled bathroom to have sex, the woman alleged. She said Brand grabbed her hand hard when she went to the bathroom to bring him toilet paper and that one of his staffers prevented her from leaving. “I felt like a piece of meat,” the sixth woman recalled to the Times of London.
Brand, 51, has consistently denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty during his trial. He claimed that his behavior around women was “awful but lawful.” During his trial, Brand said: “Consent is fundamental, essential, necessary, and in many ways more important than the sex itself.” His lawyers did not respond to The Times‘ request for comment on the fresh allegations.
The Los Angeles Times has not independently corroborated the allegations. Legal representatives for the British actor did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
British police confirmed to the Times earlier this week it is further investigating criminal allegations against the actor. The Metropolitan Police said several people had made fresh criminal allegations about Brand during the trial. Officers are assessing the complaints.
Brand and the allegations against him are also the subject of Netflix’s true-crime documentary “Russell Brand: Open Secret,” which premiered Friday.
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