{"id":274092,"date":"2025-04-04T14:37:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/russell-brand-is-charged-with-rape-and-sexual-assault-in-u-k\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T14:37:05","slug":"russell-brand-is-charged-with-rape-and-sexual-assault-in-u-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/04\/russell-brand-is-charged-with-rape-and-sexual-assault-in-u-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Brand Is Charged With Rape and Sexual Assault in U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/04\/world\/04int-uk-russell-brand\/04int-uk-russell-brand-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Russell Brand Is Charged With Rape and Sexual Assault in U.K.\" title=\"Russell Brand Is Charged With Rape and Sexual Assault in U.K.\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prosecutors in Britain have charged Russell Brand, the comedian and actor, with multiple counts of sexual assault, including two counts of rape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The country\u2019s Crown Prosecution Service <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cps.gov.uk\/london-north\/news\/authorises-charges-against-russell-brand#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%20have%20concluded%20that%20Russell,on%20Friday%202%20May%202025.\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">announced the charges on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jaswant Narwal, a prosecutor, said in the statement that Mr. Brand, 50, would appear at Westminster Magistrates\u2019 Court in London for a first hearing on May 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Narwal added that the charges \u201crelate to reported non-recent offenses between 1999 and 2005, involving four women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The British police began investigating Mr. Brand\u2019s past behavior in Sep. 2023, after The Sunday Times, The Times of London and the TV network Channel 4 published a joint investigation into allegations against him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Representatives for Mr. Brand did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday, but he has repeatedly denied ever having committed sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In September 2023, Mr. Brand released a video on social media in which he said the British media was subjecting him to \u201ca litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks.\u201d Mr. Brand said that he had once been sexually promiscuous but that his sexual encounters were \u201calways consensual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Metropolitan Police in London outlined further details of the charges <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/news.met.police.uk\/news\/russell-brand-charged-by-the-metropolitan-police-service-495944\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in a news release on Friday<\/a>. Mr. Brand is accused of raping a woman in the Bournemouth area, in southern England, in 1999; of indecently assaulting a woman in London in 2001; of orally raping and sexually assaulting a woman in London in 2004; and, between 2004 and 2005, of sexually assaulting a fourth woman in London.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The police statement added: \u201cThe Met\u2019s investigation remains open and detectives ask anyone who has been affected by this case, or anyone who has any information, to come forward and speak with police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Under British law, it is an offense for news outlets to identify people who make sexual assault allegations unless they choose to waive their right to anonymity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Brand became a star in Britain in the 2000s thanks to acclaimed stand-up shows that often focused on drugs and sex, and that saw him selling out arena dates. He also became known as a TV and radio host for broadcasters including MTV and the BBC. He achieved fame in the United States after starring in movies such as \u201cForgetting Sarah Marshall\u201d and \u201cGet Him to the Greek,\u201d and through a brief marriage to the singer Katy Perry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">More recently, Mr. Brand has become well known as a politically charged YouTuber. Over six million users subscribe to his channel where he posts videos that regularly include discussion of conspiracy theories and feature conservative figures like Tucker Carlson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Thursday, Mr. Brand posted a clip about Donald Trump and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Britain, strict rules prevent the reporting of anything that could prejudice a jury at trial after charges have been filed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/04\/arts\/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-charges.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prosecutors in Britain have charged Russell Brand, the comedian and actor, with multiple counts of sexual assault, including two counts of rape. The country\u2019s Crown Prosecution Service announced the charges on Friday. Jaswant Narwal, a prosecutor, said in the statement that Mr. Brand, 50, would appear at Westminster Magistrates\u2019 Court in London for a first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/04\/world\/04int-uk-russell-brand\/04int-uk-russell-brand-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4760,2815,13753,46245,84420,171902,6677,631,1752,503],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274094,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274092\/revisions\/274094"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}