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Six More Women Accuse Russell Brand of Sexual Misconduct in Times Probe

Six more women have accused Russell Brand of sexual misconduct in a new newspaper investigation, days after the comedian was jailed for 10 and a half years. Brand has not responded, and the Metropolitan Police say detectives are assessing new information.

By Alistair Sterling

November 15, 20263 min read

Six More Women Accuse Russell Brand of Sexual Misconduct in Times Probe)

Six more women have accused British comedian Russell Brand of sexual misconduct in an investigation by The Times and The Sunday Times, published days after he was jailed for rape and sexual assault. The accounts span 2005 to 2015.

Brand, 51, received a prison sentence of 10 and a half years. A jury at Southwark Crown Court in London found him guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. It acquitted him of two rape counts and one allegation of attempted indecent assault.

What the new accusers allege

The papers said they took "extensive steps" to corroborate the accounts and that none of the women was paid. They could not publish earlier because reporting risked prejudicing the criminal trial. The investigation draws on interviews, friends who were told at the time, text messages and photographs.

The earliest account comes from a woman in her mid-20s whom Brand approached in 2005. She said he told her: "Please I just need to have sex with you, I will pay you."

A woman who won a BBC 6 Music competition in 2006 appeared as a guest on his show. She said they saw each other on and off for a year, and that he once demanded she lick a toilet seat at his home.

A third woman was 19 in 2007 when she lined up with a friend to meet him. She said she told him sex was painful and asked him to stop, but he did not, and he insisted afterward that it had been consensual.

In 2013, a fan in her late 20s met Brand after a show at The Chapel in San Francisco. She said he handled her roughly and pushed his hand down her pants.

The most recent account dates to 2015. A woman who worked at a London venue Brand frequented said she was grabbed in the disabled toilets after one of his staff told her he wanted her.

Brand did not respond to the new claims. The papers said his lawyers raised the possibility of "injunctive relief" but sent no answer to the allegations. Brand has denied wrongdoing in the past and has said all his relationships were consensual.

Age of consent campaign

Separately, Mia Latter has waived her right to anonymity. She was known as "Alice" in a 2023 investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4's Dispatches. Brand denied the allegations then.

Latter, now 37, says she was 16 when she began a three-month relationship with Brand, who was 30. She alleges he orally raped her toward the end of it. "It's not my shame," she told The Sunday Times.

She is campaigning for a "staggered" age of consent. Under current UK law, adults of any age can legally have sex with consenting 16- and 17-year-olds, and her proposal would change that for adults over a certain age.

Cabinet Office Minister Louise Haigh said a change would be a "massive step" but one that "deserves proper consideration and scrutiny". The Crown Prosecution Service decided not to include Latter's case in Brand's trial.

Police and political response

The Metropolitan Police said it has heard from several people during and since the trial, and detectives are assessing what they received. After the verdict, the force confirmed it is investigating rape allegations from two further women. Met chief Mark Rowley said he "wouldn't be surprised" if more victims came forward.

On Latter's case, the force said it opened an investigation in January 2026 after receiving an allegation of rape. It "remains ongoing", a spokesperson said.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called on the media industry to "look at itself" and "step forward" in protecting women and girls.