Updated
Updated · The Guardian · Nov 13
Russell Brand Faces 6 New Misconduct Allegations After 10-Year Prison Sentence
Updated
Updated · The Guardian · Nov 13

Russell Brand Faces 6 New Misconduct Allegations After 10-Year Prison Sentence

3 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Nov 13

Summary

  • Six more women accused Russell Brand of sexual misconduct and predatory behavior in a Times and Sunday Times investigation published days after his conviction.
  • Two women alleged Brand continued sex after they told him to stop, while others described incidents from 2005 to 2015 involving forced touching, coercion or attempted humiliation.
  • The allegations could not be reported until Brand’s criminal case ended; the newspapers said they took extensive steps to corroborate the claims and paid none of the sources.
  • Brand, 51, was sentenced on Monday to more than 10 years in prison for raping a 21-year-old fan and sexually assaulting three other women in incidents between 2004 and 2009.
  • His lawyer reportedly threatened possible injunctive relief but gave no substantive response by deadline, while Brand has previously denied wrongdoing and said his relationships were consensual.

Insights

With Brand already serving a decade, which major media executives will face consequences for the culture of silence that protected him?
Could these six newly corroborated accounts trigger a second devastating criminal trial for the disgraced comedian?
How did a carefully crafted eccentric persona successfully blind top television networks to a decade of alleged predatory abuse?