EPA Actor and comedian Russell Brand in 2014
NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 21:02
British police will investigate British actor and comedian Russell Brand following multiple allegations of sex crimes. These are “not recent” crimes, the police report. No arrests have been made.
The police have not announced how many reports there were and what type of crimes they would involve. Brand’s name is also not explicitly mentioned, but a spokesperson does refer to recent articles and documentary about the comedian.
Investigative journalists revealed two weeks ago that several women accused Brand of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse. Brand denies the allegations. After the publications in the press, several people reported to the police. That is why the police are now conducting their own investigation.
These are cases of inappropriate behavior in London and elsewhere in the country, the police say. The spokesperson calls on anyone who believes they have been a victim of a sexual crime to contact us. According to the police, it does not matter how long ago sexual misconduct occurred.
Response Brand
Responding to the investigative journalists’ revelations, Brand spoke of a “long list of astonishing and quite excessive attacks, including a number of very serious allegations that I absolutely refute.”
He also said through his lawyers that there is a “very disturbing agenda” behind the accusations. He thinks he is a target because he is “an alternative media maker, competing with the mainstream media”, the traditional mass media, without elaborating further.
YouTube has suspended payments to Brand. The Brit has several channels on YouTube. His videos are about spirituality and politics, among other things, and are popular with conspiracy theorists. Brand was on tour at the time the revelations were made public. He performed a day later, but three other shows of his theater tour have been canceled.
Brand also dropped his talent agency and a publishing company after the allegations became known.
2023-09-25 19:02:22
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