What has Russell Brand been accused of?

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Big Brother spin-off Big Brother’s Big Mouth between 2004 and 2007. During these years, he also presented various shows on MTV, E4 and BBC Radio, before landing roles in Hollywood movies like 2008’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him To The Greek.In recent years, the comedian is better known for his political activism and YouTube channel – where he has over 6million subscribers.

His videos have been criticised for peddling conspiracy theories on politics and the COVID-19 pandemic.Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse across a seven-year period between 2006 and 2013.The allegations, which were published in a joint investigation by The Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches, are from four women.

Brand has denied the accusations.One of the accusers alleged that Brand raped her in 2012 in his Los Angeles home. The woman, who was treated at a rape crisis centre on the same day, said she did not report the alleged rape to police at the time because she was scared due to his fame.Another woman claimed Brand had assaulted her during an emotionally abusive three-month relationship, while he was 31 and she was aged 16.

Speaking in the Dispatches documentary, the woman, who remained anonymous, claimed Brand once “forced his penis down her throat”, which caused her to punch him in the stomach to make him stop.A third woman, who worked for Brand, said he sexually assaulted her in Los Angeles.