UK: new reports target Russell Brand
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on TimesLIVE
British police are assessing new reports against comedian Russell Brand, after his conviction to ten and a half years in prison for rape and sexual assault. According to police, several people contacted the investigation team during and after the trial, and two other rape allegations are under investigation.
British police said on Tuesday that investigators are assessing new reports against comedian Russell Brand, following his conviction to ten and a half years in prison for rape and sexual assault. According to a police spokesperson, several people contacted the investigation team during and after the trial to report incidents or to file a potential complaint.
Brand, 51, was found guilty on Monday of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others between 2004 and 2009. He had denied all the charges. Investigators are also examining two other rape allegations, one of which concerns a 16-year-old girl at the time of the events. The head of the Metropolitan Police had said he was waiting for other women to come forward.
His former partner Jemima Goldsmith, who had called the police in 2014 after an altercation at her home without filing a complaint, wrote on X that she was “happy and relieved” that Brand had finally been tried. Brand, a former star television presenter and film actor, was married to American singer Katy Perry from 2010 to 2011.
