British actor Russell Brand charged for rape after the charges of four women – Liberation
THE British actor Russell Brand, better known for his escapades than for his acting talents, has been charged with rape, sexual assault and modesty. According to the London police press release published this Friday, April 4, the accusations against the ex-provocative animator, which became anti-vaccine and conspiratorial influencer on social networks, relate to facts which were committed between 1999 and 2005 on four women.
« Today we authorized the Metropolitan Police to instill Russell Brand concerning allegations made after the broadcast of a documentary on Channel 4 in September 2023 », said the prosecutor’s office. In detail, Russell Brand is charged with the rape of a woman in the region of Bournemouth (south of England) in 1999. He was also charged with a modesty attack in 2001 on another woman, for a « Oral rape » And a sexual assault on other woman in 2004, and for having sexually assaulted a fourth woman, in 2004 and 2005, in London.
Police had opened an investigation at the end of 2023 after the weekly Sunday Times And the Channel Channel 4 had revealed the accusations of four women against him, one concerning rape and the others of sexual assault and psychological violence.
The 49 -year -old actor, who was married to the American singer Katy Perry, was interviewed in November 2023 by the police. Whoever had made himself known to the United Kingdom in the 2000s through the stand-up formally denied these accusations and assured that he had only had relations « Totally consensual ». He must appear on Friday May 2 in front of the Westminster Magistrates Court in London.
Long known in the United Kingdom for its shows with jokes with sexual connotation and star of British television and radio from the 2000s, before making itself known in the United States, Russell Brand is especially active on social networks, where its videos mix in particular conspiracy theories and attacks against traditional media.
Updated at 4:54 p.m.: with more elements.
