One of Russell Brand’s accusers waived her legal right to anonymity after the Forgetting Sarah Marshall The star was jailed for rape and sexual assault.
In an interview with Sunday time According to journalist Rosamund Urwin (watch below), Mia Latter claimed she was orally raped by Brand in 2006, when she was 16 and he was 30. She alleged that Brand called her “the child” during their relationship, which she now considers to have been emotionally and sexually abusive.
The latter was one of four women who spoke to The times, Sunday hoursand Channel 4 in 2023. Their testimony inspired other women to file a criminal complaint against Brand, ultimately leading to his conviction at Southwark Crown Court in London earlier this month.
Brand has always denied any wrongdoing. When Latter’s allegations were first published in 2023, Brand denied the claims and said it was part of a campaign by the “mainstream media” to silence him.
The latter, now aged 37, went public because she is campaigning for a change in British law, calling for the introduction of a “staggered” age of consent, like certain American states, including Florida. It would ban relationships between 16-year-olds and adults, but would protect relationships between teens over the age of consent.
The latter, known as Alice in previous reports, first met Brand in central London while she was shopping. Brand, who was hosting shows on MTV at the time, approached her on the street and asked for her number.
They exchanged text messages, met for a date and ended up at his apartment. The latter alleged that Brand attempted to perform oral sex on her, even though she was “squirming” in her seat. The latter alleged that Brand asked her to keep their three-month relationship a secret, even though her parents were “distraught” by their association. Brand encouraged the latter to skip school, sending cars to pick her up.
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Towards the end of their relationship, Latter alleged that Brand orally raped her. “He ended up forcing me against the headboard (of the bed) and I couldn’t move, and he orally raped me – and I was choking and crying,” she said. The Sunday Times.
“I was trying to push him away, so he knew I didn’t want him to do that, and so I ended up having to punch him in the stomach to get him off. I’ve never hit anyone (before) and… he said, ‘I just wanted to see your mascara run.'”
Brand discussed his relationship with Cerr during an appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show in April. He admitted that his relationship with the latter had been “exploitative” and that he had “manipulated” consent. During the same interview, he described his behavior with women as “horrible but lawful.”
The latter said: “If (consent is) manipulated, it’s not given. That’s not how it works. I also think (by) doing this interview, he was quite successful in distracting people… saying, ‘It was immoral, it wasn’t illegal.’ Well, actually, something illegal happened in this relationship.
The latter was interviewed by police in 2024, but said she was told by the Crown Prosecution Service that she would not be included in the trial, partly because of Brand’s appearance on Megyn Kelly’s show. “I was devastated by it,” she said The Sunday Times.
The latter also expressed his dismay at the media organizations and people who supported Brand. “Sometimes I felt more angry at those media outlets than at him, because he is a monstrous person, but for being such a coward,” she said. “He could not have done this for this long without these people authorizing him and without taking into account the women who filed complaints at the time.”
On Monday, Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison after being found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. The Sun The newspaper reported on Sunday that Brand had been transferred to Littlehey Prison, a prison for men convicted of sexual offences.
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