Convicted rapist Russell Brand faces allegations of sexual misconduct from at least six other women in new report The times and Netflix Russell brand: open secret documentary.
The disgraced comedian and actor is behind bars after being sentenced Monday to 10 years and six months in prison. He was found guilty of rape and three sexual assaults, and cleared of three other charges, in a historic trial. The Hollywood Reporter took a deep dive into the years-long work to expose Brand as a sexual predator and bring him to justice.
At the time of his sentencing, the Met Police confirmed that Brand was under investigation for two other alleged rapes.
And then Thursday, The times revealed that he had been accused of predatory behavior and misconduct by six other women. This report comes from the two journalists who led the 2023 joint investigation into Brand in Sunday time and Channel 4 Dispatcheswhich helped other of his victims decide to speak out and ultimately file criminal charges.
From Charlotte Wace and Rosamund Urwin, the investigation includes an accusation that Brand had sex with a woman without her consent, then later apologized. Another woman said he continued to have sex with her after she asked him to stop because he was hurting her. She said he later told her: “That night was consensual. No one did anything they didn’t want to do.”
The times added that these allegations “could not be reported until the end of the criminal case against the former comedian and actor, in order to avoid prejudice to the proceedings.” Wace and Urwin wrote that his attorney said he would consider “injunctive relief” and demanded additional time to respond, but the deadline ultimately passed without a response — “despite prompts.”
Brand maintained throughout his trial that all of his interactions were consensual.
Wace and Urwin spoke to a woman named Vicky, who met Brand several times for consensual sex. When they last met, she says he initiated intimacy without any warning. “My body wasn’t ready for it and it was painful,” Vicky said. The times. “A wave of discomfort hits me and I’m scared. And I say, ‘It’s painful,’ and it doesn’t stop. And then it gets worse and it’s really painful. And I say, ‘Stop,’ and it doesn’t stop.” She said: “It was like…he wasn’t there. »
Another woman, called Zoe, said when they met in 2013 – after Brand split from pop star Katy Perry – he “grabbed me and manhandled me a little bit and he put his hand on my throat. … And then he pushed his other hand down my pants and penetrated me with his finger.” She said The times she froze. “I didn’t resist. I just let it happen.”
The latest allegation The timesThe last investigative work was in 2015 – when Brand was in a relationship with his now wife and mother of his children, Laura, who accompanied him to court every day. She told the jury that Brand was a “caring and kind” person and a “wonderful father” to their three children.
Louise, then in her twenties, worked in a London venue frequented by Brand. One day, a woman approached Louise and asked where he was. “I thought she was just another obsessive fan… She told me she was his girlfriend, but others had said that too.” She was Laura Gallacher, who briefly dated Brand in 2007 when she was 19 and he was 31. They rekindled their relationship in 2015.
Louise said that on one occasion a member of Brand’s staff told her: “‘Russell wants you'” and he was in the disabled toilet. Brand tried to “entice” him to come to the bathroom door and turned off the lights when he arrived. When Brand claimed he needed toilet paper, she went to hand it to him and he grabbed her. “It was halfway up my forearm and I tried to run away. When I pulled back, I realized his (staff member) was standing right behind me,” she recalled. She feared Brand would sexually assault her and managed to escape. She went into the next room and cried because “I felt like a piece of meat.”
Both Wace and Urwin contributed to Friday’s Netflix release, Russell brand: open secretwhich also included allegations against the convicted sex offender. The film describes the experience of one of his ex-girlfriends, under the pseudonym Emily. She said she “literally begged” Brand to stop after he refused to wear a condom during sex. “I told him, ‘No, Russell, please, let’s just use protection,'” said an actress who plays Emily in the film. “I kept saying, ‘No.’ I said, ‘Stop Russell, please stop, please don’t do it.’ (…) I literally begged him. I tried to kick him, I tried to pull my knees back, to kick him in the stomach, but he was too strong for me. She says he “just pinned my hands behind my head” before forcing himself on her.
Brand will likely serve about seven years of his prison sentence. Questions have been raised in the industry about how he was able to evade punishment for as long as he did. On Tuesday, another of his ex-girlfriends, Jemima Goldsmith, accused Brand of “violence, coercive control and abuse” while they were together.
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