Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Sept 16, 2023 10:42:27 GMT -5
variety.com/2023/tv/global/russell-brand-sexual-assault-allegations-metoo-denies-1235725357/
Russell Brand has been accused of “rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse” in a new report by The Sunday Times of London. The joint investigation with Channel 4’s documentary team “Dispatches” published on Saturday in the U.K.
“Dispatches” will air its 90-minute documentary on the allegations on Saturday evening on U.K. network Channel 4.
According to The Sunday Times, the British comedian, who originally found fame as a host on MTV U.K. before starring in Hollywood films such as “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Get Him to the Greek,” has been accused of sexual assault by four women between 2006 and 2013.
He was married to singer Katy Perry between 2010 and 2012.
The newspaper reported that one alleged victim said Brand assaulted her when she was 16 (he was then in his 30s) during a three-month “emotionally and sexually abusive” relationship that included one incident where he “forced his penis down her throat,” causing her to choke. In another incident she said he removed a condom during intercourse without her knowledge. The woman also said Brand nicknamed her “the child,” asked her to read passages from Vladimir Nabokov novel “Lolita” during their time together and once kissed her mother “on the mouth.”
Another alleged victim told the outlet she was raped by the comedian in his Los Angeles home while a third, who was working with him in L.A., said he sexually assaulted her and threatened to take legal action if she ever spoke about the incident publicly.
The Sunday Times has anonymized the victims’ names.
Brand, who is due to perform a live show at the Wembley Park Theatre in London on Saturday evening, pre-emptively denied the allegations in a YouTube video titled “So, This Is Happening,” which he posted on Friday evening U.K. time. In the video Brand said he “absolutely refutes” the “litany of astonishing rather baroque attacks.”
“Dispatches” will air its 90-minute documentary on the allegations on Saturday evening on U.K. network Channel 4.
According to The Sunday Times, the British comedian, who originally found fame as a host on MTV U.K. before starring in Hollywood films such as “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Get Him to the Greek,” has been accused of sexual assault by four women between 2006 and 2013.
He was married to singer Katy Perry between 2010 and 2012.
The newspaper reported that one alleged victim said Brand assaulted her when she was 16 (he was then in his 30s) during a three-month “emotionally and sexually abusive” relationship that included one incident where he “forced his penis down her throat,” causing her to choke. In another incident she said he removed a condom during intercourse without her knowledge. The woman also said Brand nicknamed her “the child,” asked her to read passages from Vladimir Nabokov novel “Lolita” during their time together and once kissed her mother “on the mouth.”
Another alleged victim told the outlet she was raped by the comedian in his Los Angeles home while a third, who was working with him in L.A., said he sexually assaulted her and threatened to take legal action if she ever spoke about the incident publicly.
The Sunday Times has anonymized the victims’ names.
Brand, who is due to perform a live show at the Wembley Park Theatre in London on Saturday evening, pre-emptively denied the allegations in a YouTube video titled “So, This Is Happening,” which he posted on Friday evening U.K. time. In the video Brand said he “absolutely refutes” the “litany of astonishing rather baroque attacks.”
