Six more women accuse Russell Brand of sexual misconduct, The Times reports

Six more women have accused the comedian and broadcaster Russell Brand of sexual misconduct and predatory behaviour, according to an investigation by The Times and The Sunday Times, reported by The Guardian on 12 November 2026. The allegations could not be published until Brand's criminal case had ended, to avoid prejudicing the proceedings.

Brand, who is 51, was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison after being convicted of raping a 21-year-old fan and sexually assaulting three women in separate incidents between 2004 and 2009. In the same period of court proceedings, he was cleared at Southwark Crown Court in London of two further charges of rape and one charge of attempted indecent assault.

The new reporting describes incidents spanning nearly two decades. One woman alleged that she had an on-off relationship with Brand in the late 2000s, after a professional meeting at his London home. She said he went on having sex with her after she told him to stop, having noticed he was not wearing a condom. She alleged that Brand apologised to her in person and by text message afterwards.

Another woman, who met Brand in 2007 when she was 19, alleged that he continued having sex with her after she said it was painful and asked him to stop. A fan in her late twenties alleged that Brand manhandled her and forced his hand down her trousers after a performance at The Chapel venue in San Francisco in 2013.

A woman in her mid-twenties at the time alleged that Brand approached her at a music festival in 2005 and said he would pay her to have sex with him. A woman who was in her late twenties when she won a BBC 6 Music competition and appeared as a guest on Brand's show in 2006 alleged that he later told her to lick a toilet seat at his house, and became angry when she refused.

The sixth account concerns a woman who worked at a London venue in 2015. She alleged that a member of Brand's staff told her that Russell wanted her in the disabled toilets. She said Brand grabbed her there when she went in to hand him toilet paper.

The Times said it took extensive steps to corroborate the claims and that none of the sources were paid. The allegations are not findings by a court.

Brand's criminal convictions and acquittals were decided by a court. The new allegations, by contrast, have not been tested in court.