Mia Latter, one of Russell Brand’s rape accusers, has revealed her identity for the first time and detailed the alleged sexual and emotional abuse she suffered at the hands of the disgraced comedian when she was just 16 years old.
The latter, now 37, told the Sunday Times in an interview published on Saturday that her alleged three-month relationship with Brand, who was 30 at the time, derailed her studies and left her struggling with depression.
The alleged abuse began in 2006, while she was preparing for her AS level exams. She claimed she never even learned of her results after she dropped out.
“I don’t even know to this day how I did it,” she told the outlet, noting that she “didn’t finish[her]A-levels.”
The latter recalls that her school attendance dropped to 30% because she “sneaked around and saw him”, adding that she felt “so much shame and embarrassment about the whole thing, that I let this stupid thing ruin my prospects”.
“It took me a little while to feel like I could put one foot in front of the other,” she said of the aftermath.
The latter is the first of Brand’s accusers to publicly reveal her identity after previously being identified as “Alice” in the explosive 2023 Sunday Times investigation into the “Bring Him to the Greek” star.
Although she shared her allegations with police, prosecutors did not include her case in the trial that led to Brand’s conviction earlier this month. She also appeared in silhouette in a documentary under her pseudonym.
Brand has denied the allegations of sexual wrongdoing.
The latter is now campaigning for a “staggered” age of consent, which would prohibit significantly older adults from having sex with 16 and 17 year olds.
“If you are in your 30s, 40s or 50s and you try to have a relationship with someone under 18, it (should be) a criminal offence,” she argued.
The latter admitted she was “very nervous” about sharing her story publicly and facing possible scrutiny, but said “it’s no longer my burden to bear.”
His interview comes days after Brand was sentenced Monday to 10 and a half years in prison following his Nov. 5 conviction for multiple sex offenses.
The actor is currently staying at HMP Wandsworth in London while awaiting a possible transfer to another establishment.
He has since been accused of sexual misconduct by six other women.
During his interview, Latter pushed back on Brand’s previous characterization of their relationship, including his assertion to Megyn Kelly that it was “immoral, it wasn’t illegal.”
“Well, actually, something illegal happened in that relationship,” she claimed.
She also dismissed Brand’s suggestion that he was “immature” for his age at the time.
“He was a landlord who hosted TV shows, radio shows. He wasn’t living at home (nor) was he a lost schoolboy,” she said. “He was a very successful man who had a lot of power and influence in the industry.”
“When I was 16, with no life experience, no sexual experience, and no previous relationships. What was my maturity level supposed to be?” she added.
The latter recalls her first meeting with Brand in London’s Leicester Square when she was returning home from shopping and he was working at MTV.
“I had bought my outfit for the weekend, and then Russell Brand approached me on the street and asked to see in my bag,” she said.
After recognizing the actor, she claimed he “looked through my clothes and picked out a dress that he said I was going to wear on our date.”
She gave him her phone number and received a text message from him later that day.
The latter said she expected Brand to cut off contact as soon as she revealed she was only 16, thinking he would be “horrified and that would be the end of it.”
Instead, he allegedly asked her if she still wanted to meet her for dinner the next day.
“There was not a single hesitation,” she recalls.
During their first date on Easter Sunday, Brand allegedly told her, “I don’t care how old you are. I just need to know where I stand legally.”
The latter claimed that Brand took her to a Spanish restaurant, where he and another man had already started eating, but she was not offered food.
When a waitress approached their table, Brand allegedly remarked that Latter was not “old enough to drink” and was offered a Diet Coke.
Brand then allegedly took the teen to his apartment, where she said she initially resisted going in and asked him to call her a cab.
“I promise I won’t take my dick out,” he allegedly assured her.
However, once inside, Brand allegedly disappeared into another room before returning in a “dressing gown” and performing oral sex on her.
“I remember closing my legs and trying to push him back a little,” Latter recalled, saying Brand responded, “No,” before promising nothing else would happen and she could leave afterward.
“And finally he took his penis out, but I didn’t touch him,” she continued. “And then my car arrived.”
The latter alleged that Brand called her “the child” to members of his team, who she claimed knew about their relationship.
However, she claimed he asked her not to tell her school friends about their involvement.
“It wasn’t a secret on his part, but it had to be on my part,” she said.
Brand also allegedly warned her against sending explicit photos, a restriction she found “ridiculous” given that she could “have sex with this much older man” but not send him intimate photos.
The latter further claimed that Brand once wrapped her in a towel and carried her around while calling her a “little doll.” She also alleged that he asked her to read Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel, “Lolita.”
Although her parents tried to prevent her from seeing the actor, the latter claimed that he continued to send cars to come pick her up.
“He wasn’t interested in me,” she said.
“I felt like it was his fetish. He likes me because I’m 16 and a virgin…and I just checked that box for him. I could have been any other 16 year old.”
The latter then accused Brand of having orally raped her towards the end of their relationship.
“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 claimed.
“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.”
The latter claimed that Brand then told him: “I just wanted to see your mascara run.”
She further alleged that Brand cornered her, forced her mouth open and forced bile into it, causing her to swallow.
She called the alleged incident “degradation” and “vile.”
The latter said their relationship finally ended after about three months when she arrived at Brand’s home and he blocked her from entering.
She claimed she discovered another woman in her room and encountered a third woman as she was leaving.
The latter alleged that she and the third woman began comparing their experiences with Brand, realizing that they had received similar “poetic” messages from him.
Now married and the mother of a daughter, the latter focuses on her campaign to change the laws on the age of consent.
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