Six More Women Accuse Russell Brand of Sexual Misconduct
Six More Women Accuse Russell Brand of Sexual Misconduct
Six more women have accused Russell Brand of sexual misconduct. The accounts appear in a new investigation by The Times and The Sunday Times, as Variety reported. The alleged incidents stretch from 2005 to 2015.
The accounts were published days after Brand was jailed. He is 51. A Southwark Crown Court jury found him guilty of three sexual assault counts and of raping a fan who was 21 at the time. The same jury cleared him of two further rape counts and an attempted indecent assault charge. The offences he was convicted of took place between 2004 and 2009. He was sentenced on Monday to 10 and a half years in prison.
The newspapers could not report the new accounts while the criminal case was still running. Publishing them could have put the trial at risk, so they waited until it had ended.
The Times said it took extensive steps to check what the six women told it, a process known as corroboration, meaning the claims were tested against other evidence. It also said none of the women received payment.
Brand did not respond to the new allegations. His lawyers were contacted after his conviction, and he did not reply.
The Metropolitan Police confirmed after the verdict that it is investigating rape allegations from two more women. Met Commissioner Mark Rowley said he would not be surprised if more victims came forward in the case.
None of the new claims has been tested in court. The only convictions so far are the ones listed above, and the new allegations stand as allegations.
What comes next depends on the police inquiry. The Met has said it is still looking into the two further rape allegations, and it has not set out a timetable.
