Russell Brand latest: 16-year-old accuser says BBC car took her to comedian’s house
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Downing Street has described the sexual assault allegations against Russell Brand as “very serious and concerning”, PA reported.
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Labour MP Jess Phillips said that she found the Channel 4 Dispatches documentary detailing allegations of serious misconduct against Russell Brand “harrowing”.
“Even somebody as hardened as me – I deal with rape cases, abuse cases – I found watching the Dispatches (programme), I found it really harrowing,” she told Channel 4 News.
She hit out at some social media users who were questioning the accounts of the women who had made accusations against Brand.
“Now these women, rather than Russell Brand himself and the production companies where he was working throughout that period, are going to feel like they have questions that they have to answer. They’re going to feel like they have to prove themselves.”
She also said that she was unsurprised by the fact that people turned up to see Mr Brand perform on Saturday night.
“It doesn’t surprise me that men fail up, specifically in that industry. It just makes it look like society accepts that women have to tolerate a certain amount of abuse.”
Brand has denied the allegations.
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A criminal probe should look into the sexual assault allegations against Russell Brand, the chairwoman of the Commons Women and Equalities Committee has said.
Caroline Nokes told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “These allegations are incredibly shocking and criminal.
“And I would very much hope that complaints will be made both to the Metropolitan Police and indeed in the States, because this merits and needs a criminal investigation, because for too long we have seen men – and the perpetrators of these sorts of crimes are almost invariably men – not being held to account for their behaviours and their actions.”
She added: “Unfortunately it seems that celebrity, for whatever reason, can act as a shield for individuals who choose to conduct themselves in a way which, to be quite frank, if that were to happen in any business organisation, you’d like to think that they’d be out the door.”
Asked whether it is a matter for her committee, the senior Tory MP said: “First and foremost I think it’s a matter for the police.”
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Russell Brand’s dad has defended the comic against allegations of abuse. Ron Brand has slammed the “unproven” claims made against the ‘Get Him to the Greek’ actor – who over the weekend was accused of sexually, emotionally and physically abusing four women at the height of his fame – and suggested the media are pursuing a “vendetta” against the 48-year-old star.
Ron told MailOnline: “Is this seriously the most important thing happening in this world? Immigrants? Cost of living? 10s of thousands
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A Government minister has urged women who have experienced sexual assault to report it to the police.
Asked by LBC radio host Nick Ferrari what broadcasters should do in the wake of allegations against Russell Brand, which the comedian and actor has denied, pensions minister Laura Trott told LBC radio: “I think everybody needs to do better.
“I think no woman, Nick, reading the allegations that were all over the place this weekend could do anything other than shudder. It’s horrific.
“And I pay absolute tribute to the women who’ve come forward and also the journalists that have pursued this, the editors who’ve allowed them to do that, the investment that’s been put in place and the huge legal risk that’s taken for stories such as these.
“We all need to do better. And I would just plead any woman who’s had experiences like this to come forward and to report them to the police.”
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Councillor Zoe Reilly, Labour’s ‘Violence against women and girls’ spokesperson in Plymouth, has called for a theater performance by Russell Brand this Friday to be cancelled.
Reilly, said in a statement posted on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter): ‘I know that Russell Brand coming to Plymouth to perform in the wake of such serious allegations will be very upsetting for many people in our city and I completely support Trevi Women’s decision to end its association with him.
‘I will be contacting Plymouth Pavillions to ask them to reflect on whether its appropriate for this performance to go ahead at this time.’
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Dannii Minogue thought Russell Brand was a “vile predator” who “wouldn’t take no for an answer” when they met in 2006.
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Russell Brand leaves the Troubabour Wembley Park theatre in London after performing a comedy set on Saturday. (Alamy)
Russell Brand is reportedly facing further claims after more women came forward with allegations against the comedian.
‘Several women’ are said to have contacted The Times and The Sunday Times in the wake of a joint investigation with Channel 4 Dispatches which aired on the weekend and which saw separate allegations of sexual assault and rape from four women.
On Monday, one of his accusers says Brand sent a BBC chauffeur-driven car to pick her up from school when she was 16.
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The BBC, Channel 4 and a production company have said they are “urgently” investigating after four women made separate allegations of sexual assault while Russell Brand was a presenter on their programmes.
Brand vehemently denies the allegations and said all of his relationships have been “consensual”.
Downing Street has described the sexual assault allegations against Russell Brand as “very serious and concerning”, PA reported.
Labour MP Jess Phillips said that she found the Channel 4 Dispatches documentary detailing allegations of serious misconduct against Russell Brand “harrowing”.
“Even somebody as hardened as me – I deal with rape cases, abuse cases – I found watching the Dispatches (programme), I found it really harrowing,” she told Channel 4 News.
She hit out at some social media users who were questioning the accounts of the women who had made accusations against Brand.
“Now these women, rather than Russell Brand himself and the production companies where he was working throughout that period, are going to feel like they have questions that they have to answer. They’re going to feel like they have to prove themselves.”
She also said that she was unsurprised by the fact that people turned up to see Mr Brand perform on Saturday night.
“It doesn’t surprise me that men fail up, specifically in that industry. It just makes it look like society accepts that women have to tolerate a certain amount of abuse.”
Brand has denied the allegations.
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Russell Brand’s Oxfordshire pub closed amid rape and sexual assault claims
The day after the Dispatches episode featuring Brand’s accusers was aired, the comedian’s pub, the Crown Inn in Pishill, was fenced off with hessian fabric.
A criminal probe should look into the sexual assault allegations against Russell Brand, the chairwoman of the Commons Women and Equalities Committee has said.
Caroline Nokes told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “These allegations are incredibly shocking and criminal.
“And I would very much hope that complaints will be made both to the Metropolitan Police and indeed in the States, because this merits and needs a criminal investigation, because for too long we have seen men – and the perpetrators of these sorts of crimes are almost invariably men – not being held to account for their behaviours and their actions.”
She added: “Unfortunately it seems that celebrity, for whatever reason, can act as a shield for individuals who choose to conduct themselves in a way which, to be quite frank, if that were to happen in any business organisation, you’d like to think that they’d be out the door.”
Asked whether it is a matter for her committee, the senior Tory MP said: “First and foremost I think it’s a matter for the police.”
Russell Brand’s dad has defended the comic against allegations of abuse. Ron Brand has slammed the “unproven” claims made against the ‘Get Him to the Greek’ actor – who over the weekend was accused of sexually, emotionally and physically abusing four women at the height of his fame – and suggested the media are pursuing a “vendetta” against the 48-year-old star.
Ron told MailOnline: “Is this seriously the most important thing happening in this world? Immigrants? Cost of living? 10s of thousands
A Government minister has urged women who have experienced sexual assault to report it to the police.
Asked by LBC radio host Nick Ferrari what broadcasters should do in the wake of allegations against Russell Brand, which the comedian and actor has denied, pensions minister Laura Trott told LBC radio: “I think everybody needs to do better.
“I think no woman, Nick, reading the allegations that were all over the place this weekend could do anything other than shudder. It’s horrific.
“And I pay absolute tribute to the women who’ve come forward and also the journalists that have pursued this, the editors who’ve allowed them to do that, the investment that’s been put in place and the huge legal risk that’s taken for stories such as these.
“We all need to do better. And I would just plead any woman who’s had experiences like this to come forward and to report them to the police.”
The BBC is facing questions amid claims Russell Brand used its car service to take a teenage girl from her school to his home.
Councillor Zoe Reilly, Labour’s ‘Violence against women and girls’ spokesperson in Plymouth, has called for a theater performance by Russell Brand this Friday to be cancelled.
Reilly, said in a statement posted on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter): ‘I know that Russell Brand coming to Plymouth to perform in the wake of such serious allegations will be very upsetting for many people in our city and I completely support Trevi Women’s decision to end its association with him.
‘I will be contacting Plymouth Pavillions to ask them to reflect on whether its appropriate for this performance to go ahead at this time.’
Dannii Minogue thought Russell Brand was a “vile predator” who “wouldn’t take no for an answer” when they met in 2006.
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