Mia Latter Waives Anonymity to Speak About Russell Brand
Mia Latter, now 37, has given up her legal right to anonymity, and she is speaking under her own name about Russell Brand. Deadline reported the decision on Sunday, 15 November 2026.
In an interview with The Sunday Times journalist Rosamund Urwin, Latter said Brand orally raped her in 2006. She was 16 at the time. Brand was 30. She also said he referred to her as "the child" during their relationship. These are her allegations.
Brand has since been convicted of rape and sexual assault at London's Southwark Crown Court. He was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison. Deadline reports that the conviction followed criminal complaints inspired by testimony Latter gave in 2023, when she was one of four women who spoke to The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4 about him. Earlier reporting had described her as "Alice".
Latter was interviewed by police in 2024. The Crown Prosecution Service, the body that decides which cases go to court in England and Wales, told her she would not be included in the trial. Her account is now public because she has chosen to remove the anonymity protection that the law gives people who make such complaints.
Brand has also spoken about the relationship himself. On The Megyn Kelly Show in April, he said it had been "exploitative" and that he had "manipulated" consent.
Latter is now campaigning for a "staggered" age of consent law in the UK. A staggered law sets the age at which someone can legally have sex differently depending on how far apart in age the two people are. Some US states, including Florida, already have laws of this kind. Latter's campaign is about the law, not about the criminal case, which has already reached a sentence.
Anyone who has experienced sexual violence can find support through local helplines and specialist services. In the UK, Rape Crisis England and Wales runs a national helpline and an online directory of local centres.
