🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Russell Brand has been accused of rape and sexual assaults by women who have broken their silence on alleged attacks between 2006 and 2013
This is a joint investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and @C4Dispatches
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@RosamundUrwin
@char_wace
@pmorganbentley
One woman alleges that Russell Brand raped her against a wall in his Los Angeles home. She was treated at a rape crisis centre on the same day, according to medical records
Text messages show that in the hours after leaving his house, the woman told Brand that she had been scared by him and felt taken advantage of, adding: ”When a girl say[s] NO it means no.”
Brand replied, saying he was “very sorry”
Another woman alleges that Brand assaulted her when he was 31 and she was 16 and still at school.
She said he referred to her as “the child” during an emotionally abusive and controlling relationship that lasted for about three months
She also said that Russell Brand once forced his penis down her throat, making her choke. She tried to push him off and said she had to punch him in the stomach to make him stop
Several others have also shared a range of allegations about Brand’s behaviour, including a woman who said that he sexually assaulted her while she worked with him in Los Angeles, and that he then threatened to take legal action if she told anyone else about her allegation
Most of the women, who do not know each other, have chosen to remain anonymous. Brand denies the allegations
Over the past few years, reporters have interviewed hundreds of sources who knew or worked with Brand: ex-girlfriends and their friends and family, comedians and other celebrities, and senior staff at the BBC, Channel 4 and other media organisations
#C4Dispatches
Along with these interviews we have seen private emails and text messages, submitted FoI requests, viewed medical and therapists’ notes, scrutinised Brand’s books and interviews, and watched and listened to hundreds of hours of his shows to corroborate allegations
The above is just a fraction of what is being reported, you should read the article in full here: thetimes.co.uk/article/russel…
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