Court Order Bars Russell Brand Accuser From Speaking to Police and Family

A court injunction obtained by Russell Brand prevents another woman who has accused him of assault from telling almost anyone about her claims, including the police, her family and most doctors, according to The New York Times. An injunction is a court order requiring a person to stop doing something, and the order was reported to remain in force as of November 14, 2026.

Brand was convicted in his rape and sexual assault trial in the week before November 14. He has denied the assault allegations made by the accuser covered by the injunction.

The case has drawn attention to a separate set of legal orders in Britain. Two British news organizations were temporarily blocked from reporting sexual misconduct allegations against the broadcaster and comedian David Walliams before a judge declined to make that injunction permanent. The Guardian and ITV News had published investigations in the week before November 14 into allegations against Walliams, which he denies.

Some of the orders involved are known as "super injunctions." British judges have issued these to prohibit the publication of any information, including information about the injunction itself. An ordinary injunction limits what can be reported about a case, while a super injunction also keeps the existence of the order out of public view.

Those concerns reached Parliament, the UK's national legislature, on November 10, 2026. Nick Timothy, the shadow justice minister, the opposition's spokesman on justice matters, asked the government what it will do to prevent abuses of injunctions and super-injunctions that stop scrutiny and the work of the free press.

Alex Davies-Jones, the government minister responsible for victims of crime and violence against women and girls, said the government is "looking at what we can do" about abusive injunctions.