Comedian and actor Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse in a Sunday Times and Dispatches investigation – allegations he denies.

Four ladies have made allegations of sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013 whereas he was on the peak of his fame, in line with the newspaper.

The Sunday Times reviews that others have made a spread of accusations about Brand’s controlling, abusive and predatory behaviour.

In an in a single day video put out on YouTube, Brand denied “very serious criminal allegations” that he claims can be made towards him by a newspaper and TV firm.

In a video posted on YouTube and X, previously often called Twitter, entitled “So, This is Happening”, the comic denied the allegations that he described as “a litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks”.

The 48-year-old mentioned he “absolutely refutes” the allegations that “pertain to the time when I was working in the mainstream”.

“As I’ve written about extensively in my books, I was very, very promiscuous,” he mentioned within the clip.

“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’m being transparent about it now as well.”

One of accusers solely 16

One of his accusers claims she was 16 once they started a relationship, having met one another whereas purchasing in central London.

Another lady claims to have been raped by Brand at his Los Angeles residence.

The newspaper particulars claims she was handled at a rape disaster centre on the identical day and despatched him a textual content afterwards saying: “When a girl say[s] NO it means no.”

A 3rd lady alleges he sexually assaulted her at his West Hollywood residence after the pair met at Alcoholics Anonymous.

The fourth accuser claims to have been bodily and emotionally abused by him.

Female comedians ‘warning one another about him for a few years’

A feminine comic, who has not been named, additionally remembers being “grabbed” and “bitten” within the face by Brand once they gigged collectively within the early 2000s.

She likens his behaviour at events to the character within the 1987 movie Predator.

A comic the Sunday Times spoke to says Brand’s identify was frequently circulated in on-line teams of feminine comics.

“I know for many, many years that women have been warning each other about Russell,” he instructed the paper.

Brand labored for the BBC and Channel 4 after breaking out along with his stand-up performances on the Edinburgh Festival in 2000.

He hosted Big Brother spin-off present Big Brother’s Big Mouth for 3 years from 2004, earlier than being given slots on each BBC Radio 6 Music and Radio 2.

His time on the BBC led to scandal in 2008 after he and presenter Jonathan Ross left a sequence of lewd reply telephone messages for actor Andrew Sachs. In them, Brand claimed he had had intercourse with the late-actor’s granddaughter.

Brand and Radio 2’s controller stop, whereas Ross was suspended.

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Following the ‘Sachsgate scandal’, Brand moved to the US to pursue a profession in Hollywood, the place he starred in movies similar to Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him To The Greek.

The comic married pop star Katy Perry in 2010 however they divorced in 2012.

He later returned to the UK the place he met and married Laura Gallacher – the sister of presenter Kirsty Gallacher. They have two youngsters and predict a 3rd little one.

In current years he has re-emerged as a outstanding YouTuber. He has used his broad social media following to precise conspiracy theories on the coronavirus pandemic, vaccine and the Great Reset.

BBC will ‘at all times take heed to folks with any considerations’

In response to the joint investigation, a BBC spokesperson mentioned: “Russell Brand worked for a number of different organisations, of which the BBC was one.

“As is well-known, Russell Brand left the BBC after a critical editorial breach in 2008 – as did the then-controller of Radio 2.

“The circumstances of the breach were reviewed in detail at the time. We hope that demonstrates that the BBC takes issues seriously and is prepared to act.

“Indeed, the BBC has, over successive years, advanced its method to the way it manages expertise and the way it offers with complaints or points raised.

“We will always listen to people if they come forward with any concerns, on any issue related to any individual working at the BBC, past or present.”

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