More Women Accuse Russell Brand as Police Assess New Claims
Six more women have come forward since Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months for rape and sexual assault. London's Metropolitan Police say several people have contacted detectives, who are assessing the information. Brand has not been charged over the new claims.
Six more women accuse Russell Brand of sexual misconduct, and London's Metropolitan Police are assessing new criminal allegations against the comedian, who was sentenced this week to 10 years and six months in prison for rape and sexual assault.
Brand has not been charged over the new claims. His representatives did not respond to the allegations.
What the women allege
The six women came forward after the sentencing, in a newspaper investigation. One says Brand had sex with her without her consent and without a condom, then apologized afterward.
Another says he kept going after she asked him to stop because it hurt. "My body wasn't ready for this, and it was painful," she said. "And I say, 'Stop', and he doesn't stop."
She alleges Brand later told her that "tonight was consensual. Nobody did anything they didn't want to do."
Police response
The Metropolitan Police said several people contacted the investigation team during and since the trial "to provide information or report a potential criminal allegation". Detectives are assessing that information as part of their ongoing enquiries.
Brand was already under investigation over two further alleged rapes, one involving a then-16-year-old girl. Met Police commissioner Mark Rowley said last week that the two allegations were being investigated.
After the sentencing, Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy appealed outside Southwark Crown Court for other potential victims to come forward. "If you come forward, you will be listened to, supported and treated with care and compassion," he said.
Trial and sentence
A jury of eight men and four women found Brand, 51, guilty on November 5 of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He was cleared of two rape counts and one count of attempted indecent assault.
The offenses took place between 2004 and 2009. Brand testified that all his encounters were consensual and had maintained his innocence.
Judge Joel Bennathan said Brand told a series of lies in his testimony and showed "casual and arrogant disregard" for women who said no to him. "You had also become a sexual predator," the judge told him.
Brand is expected to serve at least two-thirds of the sentence, around seven years, before he can be considered for release.
Former girlfriend's statement
Brand's former girlfriend, TV producer Jemima Goldsmith, also accused him of "violence, coercive control and abuse" in a statement on X. She said she had to call police to have him removed from her house during a violent incident in 2014.
Thames Valley Police confirmed officers attended the property in Oxfordshire on July 25, 2014. They said officers stayed at the scene until the named suspect left, but did not order him to leave or use any powers to remove him.
Goldsmith said she chose not to press charges at the time because she worried about the press attention's effect on her teenage children.
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