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Russell Brand Charged With Rape and Sexual Assault
Russell Brand is denying his charges.
After London’s Metropolitan Police charged the comedian with 1 number of rape, 2 counts of intersexual battle and 1 number of indecent battle for events that transpired betwixt 1999 and 2005, helium shared a lengthy connection denying immoderate wrongdoing.
“I've ever told you guys that erstwhile I was young and single, earlier I had my woman and family, who were conscionable astir a changeable implicit there, my beauteous children, I was a fool, man,” helium explained successful a video shared to X April 4. “I was a fool earlier I lived successful the airy of the Lord. I was a cause addict, a enactment addict and an imbecile, but what I ne'er was was a rapist.”
Despite antecedently admitting that helium did not “always dainty women well” successful an effort for The Guardian published 2 years aft the past alleged incidental occurred, Brand—who shares 3 kids with woman Laura Brand—emphasized that helium “never engaged successful non-consensual activity.”
“I commune that you tin spot that by looking successful my eyes,” helium continued successful his video. “I privation to convey each of you for your continuing support.”
And up of his May 2 tribunal quality regarding the charges—which respect alleged incidents with 4 abstracted women—Brand expressed helium was “grateful” to “have the accidental to support these charges successful court.”
Britain's Crown Prosecution Service confirmed April 4 that Brand had been fixed his charges aft authorities investigated allegations against the Forgetting Sarah Marshall actor laid retired successful 2023 reporting by Channel 4 and the Sunday Times successful summation to reports made straight to the police.
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“The women who person made reports proceed to person enactment from specially trained officers,” Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy, who is starring the investigation, said successful a statement. “The Met's probe remains unfastened and detectives inquire anyone who has been affected by this case, oregon anyone who has immoderate information, to travel guardant and talk with police.”
In January, Brand addressed sexual allegations made by the British media outlets and said that his anterior “promiscuity” was “exploitative,” but not criminal.
“There’s nary question that that is sinful behaviour that hurts people,” helium said successful a station shared to his societal media accounts astatine the time. “But what happened successful this liminal abstraction is that behaviour got metastasized and reformed retrospectively into transgression behaviour by competing media companies.”
For free, confidential help, telephone the National Sexual Assault Hotline astatine 1-800-656-4673 oregon sojourn rainn.org.
