Benn Quinn – The Guardian April 4, 2025
The comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape as well as two counts of sexual assault.
Brand will appear in court in London on 2 May, according to the Metropolitan police, which began investigating him in September 2023 after a range of allegations.
The force said the allegations related to four separate women, as it appealed for anyone affected by the case to come forward.
It is alleged that Brand raped a woman in 1999 in the Bournemouth area, indecently assaulted a woman in 2001 in the Westminster area of London, orally raped and sexually assaulted a woman in 2004 in Westminster and sexually assaulted a woman in Westminster between 2004 and 2005.
Det Supt Andy Furphy from the Metropolitan police, who is leading the investigation, said: “The women who have made reports continue to receive support from specially trained officers.
“The Met’s 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.
“A dedicated team of investigators is available via email at CIT@met.police.uk. Support is also available by contacting the independent charity Rape Crisis.”
The Met said detectives had begun investigations after receiving a number of allegations, which followed reporting by Channel 4’s Dispatches and the Sunday Times.
Brand has previously denied allegations of rape, assault and emotional abuse that have been made against him. And in a video posted on Instagram released later on Friday, he said that he had “never engaged in non-consensual activity” and was “grateful” for the chance to defend himself in court.
The Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement that it had authorised the police to charge Brand with a number of sexual offences.
Jaswant Narwal, a barrister and prosecutor at the CPS, said: “We carefully reviewed the evidence after a police investigation into allegations made following the broadcast of a Channel 4 documentary in September 2023.
“We have concluded that Russell Brand should be charged with offences including rape, sexual assault and indecent assault.
Narwal added: “The Crown Prosecution Service reminds everyone that criminal proceedings are active, and the defendant has the right to a fair trial. It is extremely important that there be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.”
Brand is believed to have moved to the US, claiming he is being “attacked” and “shut down” by the British authorities. He interviewed Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, last year in Florida.
The decision to authorise charges follows the confirmation in November 2024 by the CPS that detectives had passed on an evidence file regarding sexual offence allegations against Brand.
Channel 4 and the production company Banijay UK also announced they had launched separate internal investigations into his conduct, after the allegations in 2023, with the BBC also reviewing Brand’s time at the corporation.
In the Dispatches programme, four women alleged assaults had taken place between 2006 and 2013, a period in which Brand was working for the BBC and Channel 4, as well as starring in Hollywood films.
An investigation, launched by Banijay UK – which bought the company that produced some of the Channel 4 shows Brand worked on – found that informally raised concerns about the comedian and actor’s behaviour while he worked on several of the channel’s programmes were “not properly escalated or adequately addressed”.
The Channel 4 investigation found “no evidence” that staff were aware of accusations about the comedian and actor contained in the Dispatches programme. A BBC review, which was published in January, found a number of people “felt unable to raise” concerns about the presenter.
Brand, who presented a BBC Radio 2 show between 2006 and 2008, left the role after his on-air prank that became known as Sachsgate, when he left a voicemail for the Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs about his granddaughter.
The entertainer, who was born in Essex and started a career in entertainment as a standup comedian, became famous in Britain as the host of the television programme Big Brother’s Big Mouth.
He went on to star in Hollywood films such as St Trinian’s and the remake of Arthur. He also delved into politics, endorsing Ed Miliband in the 2015 British general election, but has now emerged as a fervent backer of Donald Trump and has appeared alongside a range of hard-right political commentators.
In recent years he has focused on podcasting and cultivating followers on video platforms. He has reinvented himself as a Christian, after being baptised in the River Thames in 2024 during a ceremony that also involved the adventurer and broadcaster Bear Grylls.
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WELSH HATE AND RACISM
Gwynedd council in wales has racist plans to phase out English
A local authority in North Wales has planned on shifting its curriculum to be predominantly Welsh-based,
hoping to improve young people’s ability in the welsh language Cymraeg.
There are concerns though, for English language teachers, with a focus on Welsh schools across Wales.
Well when you sup with the devil, you need a long spoon.
“He also delved into politics, endorsing Ed Miliband in the 2015 British general election, but has now emerged as a fervent backer of Donald Trump and has appeared alongside a range of hard-right political commentators.”
Poof if proof were needed that Brand is a fool.
I’m not taking sides. Clearly, Brand was putting it about, a lot, and he was a mega drug user and piss head, and I’d imagine, more, believe, that his partners were in a similar condition.
My main gripe, is that these incidents are 20yrs old, or nearly, when the accusations were made, and this is just one of countless cases where women suddenly reveal so say, serious crimes against them, and I’ve no doubt some are true, but what we need to see, are legal time limits for these sexual in nature crimes.
I would suggest 12 months, after that period, the so say victim should get on with their regretful lives, because this is what it is. Happy one day, regretful the next, and see it as a cash cow.
I’ve no respect for the Royal spongers, but Prince Andrew was a total mug for paying off that bitch, and many have said, he’d have won in court. I am inclined to believe that.
Comedy and politics can be a kind of mental rape, as in his case
Both Cryllis and Russel Brand are crypto jews and so is the Kiwi fudge packer..
He must’ve said something that ZOGUK (((Authorities))) found offensive… 😒
Or perhaps The Crown Prosecution Sanhedrin suspected he’d been having a fling with Aunty Stigmatism… 🤔
If they smear you it means that they fear you!
Why is this website promoting this fakery ? The dude probably raped young men, events now hidden behind these pretend rapes of women, who are just actors. Like him, the cops, and court. Maybe the fake jail this guy goes to will give the dude a haircut.
sexual assault, indecent exposure orally raped are all despicable crimes BUT it took these women over 20 years to bring charges? what induced them to suddenly wake up?
answers on a card please.
this degenerate is some sort of mongrel–appears to be half wog/half white (though they call it an ‘englishman’ in the media)–an actor playing his ‘anti-establishment’ role yet in the pay of the State–similar to these various hucksters like macgregor, ritter, fuentes & numerous other scumbags
Please sometimes Tricky you do disappoint with your naivety. After all these years for ducks sake.
This guy is a Jew. He is a fake. He is also a member of the UK operating cult eg friends with other very prominent fake Christians.
This is therefore a sheep dipping.
Have you heard of that Tricky Dixon? For crying out loud how long have you been in this business
To get taken in by this piece of sh#t wow that’s disappointing. Almost Normie level disappointing.
“Jaswant Narwal, a barrister and prosecutor at the CPS” … Jaswant Narwal – now there’s right proper British name… In other news, some mud brown mongrel named Jaswant was seen shitting in the street in Bethnal Green. However, authorities stated that street shitting was now a perfectly acceptable activity in London and anyone saying otherwise would be horsewhipped for exercising their white privilege and imprisoned for promoting sanitary supremacy.
As for Russell Brand, I would bet my teeth that the fresh charges for alleged decades-old activity are due to Brand’s popular scathing criticism of the political and ruling classes. That’s not to say that Brand probably wasn’t rather handsy and forward with the finer gender back in the day. But these stale allegations reek of coercion and some retaliatory what for.
Brand’s a dubious imbecile, parachuted into hollyweird and married off to, in all probability the hugely talentless lemon Katy Perry..which pins him as a poofter, a shirtlifter like his mate Yuval Harari, the so called brains of the WeF, who couldn’t find his own arsehole, in fact this cunt Brand had to show him…
Russell’s been shunted around like fucking oliver twist…
Nowadays he’s all chummy with the Fake antivaxxers and health freedom bowel movement stateside..yes, people like kennedy and dr wizard of oz…who are all in for jabbing your toddlers with dozens of toxins created by eugenicists..and work for the govern-mente…
so of course because he’s such a slimy repugnant twat, the weazels have decided to up his bona fides, by making out he’s a posthumous rapist, even though any lawyer with a high school certificate in woodwork..hehe…would have him waltzed out in minutes and suing the fuckers…for all they have..
dear dear…scratch that.
nico will guide us
Chesterton, Low Blow et al, thank god there are still some who see through this Shabbos fraud.
Rixon, I’m surprised at you trotting out such claptrap
Hey Chesterton, I couldn’t have said it better. I agree with you on this Brand Frippert. He done it alright, I mean look at the state of that homo WEF clown Harari, a raving Faggot is his best mate. I’ll bet those 2 lifted each other’s shirts a few times lols.
Let this be a lesson to all; keep your head and mouth shut!!!😒👍👌