Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault

[Jacson6]

Source: BBC UK

Russell Brand has been charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault between 1999 and 2005.

The charges relate to four separate women.

The comedian and actor has been interviewed multiple times by police since an investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4's Dispatches in September 2023 revealed multiple serious allegations against him.

The 49-year-old has previously denied the allegations, calling them "very, very hurtful", and saying his relationships have been "always consensual".

In a short statement, the Metropolitan Police said it had written to Brand to inform him that he was being charged with one allegation of rape, one allegation of indecent assault, one of oral rape and two further counts of sexual assault.

The force said it is alleged that:

In 1999 a woman was raped in the Bournemouth area.
In 2001 a woman was indecently assaulted in the Westminster area of London.
In 2004 a woman was orally raped and sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London.
Between 2004 and 2005, a woman was sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London.
Brand has been told to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 2 May, but he is believed to be in the United States.

In these situations, where a suspect may be overseas, prosecutors seek to agree the defendant's return. If there is no co-operation from a suspect, authorities then consider seeking extradition.



Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0457d02e9go

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He could be facing decades in prison.

[live love laugh]

1. Trump will probably deny extradition. He loves other rapists.

[CousinIT]

2. I'm shocked.

Only that this didn't happen sooner.

[wolfie001]

3. When you have to pray with Tucker Carlson, you must be guilty as f6ck

[twodogsbarking]

4. My Creep-o-meter always registered high for him.

[jeffreyi]

17. Pretty much pegged the meter, ya mean?

But now he is all holy, so no worries.

[Martin68]

5. I liked his acting, but I won't watch any of his movies now.

[T_i_B]

8. Perhaps fortunately, I was never a fan of his work

Especially not his attempts at stand up comedy.

I wasn't even a big fan of his political activism when he was on the left, so it was no biggie for me when he became a right wing conspiracy theorist.

Prior to his religious conversion he had quite a sleazy reputation. And I suspect that a lot of people he's been courting in his latest guise will now be disavowing him.

[Midwestern Democrat]

19. I saw him in only one thing - the awful remake of "Arthur" - and thought he was easily one of the 5 or 10 most repellent

people I have ever seen get the chance to star in an "A" film.

[FakeNoose]

9. He was sort of funny in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"

... but I don't know that I'd call him "acting." It just seemed like he was on drugs the whole time. I don't think I've seen him in anything else. He's not a nice person and that's probably the source of his humor.

[usonian]

6. Are there any cabinet or director positions open in Washington?

Asking for a fiend.

[SledDriver]

7. It's always the ones you most suspect...

[BigmanPigman]

10. He went 100% wacko conspiracy theory on EVERYTHING!

Then he "found Jesus" and Christianity and he basically is insane at this point.
I'm sure Katy Perry is glad she is out of his life.

[T_i_B]

11. He was originally far left

Especially at the time of the offenses he's been charged for.

Ultimately his move to the right did look a lot like unabashed grifting.

[BigmanPigman]

16. I know!

That's one of the reasons I used to like him. He was actually funny at one time, too. I think he lost most of his die hard fans over the last few years. Everyone stopped subscribing to him so I guess he decided to do the grifting crap as a way to earn money. His book deal even fell through since he never even completed two books and his publisher is suing him on top of everything else. I can't even rewatch Forgetting Sarah Marshall any longer.

[T_i_B]

18. He's been able to target a new audience

But we're now in a position where the people who've allied with him in this such as the Hallow app will be in a real hurry to disassociate.

[BigmanPigman]

20. Good!

[Bengus81]

12. Don't know who he is..........

[maxsolomon]

14. British Comedian/Actor

Now you know.

[kimbutgar]

13. I'm embarrassed I saw one of his shows years ago

He was funny but kind of weird. When I heard about these incidents of rape from him I was not shocked.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. What a guy