Russell Brand: accused of rape and sexual assault by four women, the actor denies and reports an “attack”

Saturday 16 September, three English media The Sunday Times, Timesas well as a documentary from the channel Channel 4revealed the actions of British actor and comedian Russell Brand.

Several women report incidents of rape, sexual violence and of psychological violencewhich would have taken place between 2006 and 2013, at the height of the actor’s career.

His former employers have launched internal investigations

Four of them accuse the actor of sexual assault while he was host of the program BBC Radio 2chain Channel 4 – who, this Saturday, September 16, broadcast an investigative documentary about his actions – and Hollywood actor. Among these, a woman accuses Russell Brand of raping her in her home in Los Angeles. Another of her, of having sexually assaulted her, while she was still minor16 years.

According to the investigation published on The Sunday Times, other alleged victims also accuse Russell Brand of psychological abuse. From Sunday 17 September, the BBC AND Channel 4 as well as several of his former employers announced they were launching internal investigations. Channel 4 it also removed all programs related to the brand from its website.

According to Russell Brand these accusations are “criminal”

Even before the investigations were published The Sunday Times AND Timesand the airing of the documentary on Channel 4, Russell Brand posted a video on YouTube to defend himself. Titled “So, This Is Happening” (translated as “it’s happening”), the actor denies the facts and talks about “ very serious criminal charges “.

“ I received two extremely disturbing messages […]one from a mainstream TV channel and the other from a newspaper, listing a litany of attacks […] which I absolutely deny “, stating that the relationships we have had have always been” agreed “. Despite the multitude of corroborating testimoniesreports a ” coordinated attack » the media against him.