Disgraced comedian Russell Brand has been accused by six additional women of alleged sexual misconduct and predatory behaviour.
The 51-year-old was convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. He now faces a new series of allegations covering roughly a decade, including claims that he continued sexual activity after women asked him to stop and used his fame to pursue young fans.
A further investigation by The Times and The Sunday Times features accounts from six women who allege sexual assault, coercive conduct and humiliation involving the former Hollywood star.
One woman alleges Brand had sex with her without her consent and later apologised. Another says he carried on despite her repeatedly telling him to stop because she was in pain.
A third woman claims Brand placed his hands around her throat and sexually assaulted her in a hotel room. A fourth alleges he tried to pull her into a disabled toilet at a London venue in 2015.
The new claims were revealed after Brand was sentenced to more than a decade in prison following his conviction at Southwark Crown Court this week.
The allegations have not been tested in court. They could not be reported earlier because of concerns that publication might prejudice the criminal proceedings against him.
Most of the six women first approached journalists after the joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches in September 2023, which led to an investigation by the Metropolitan Police.
Russell Brand, 51, was convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others at Southwark Crown Court this week
Russell Brand outside Southwark Crown Court on November 5 with his wife Laura Gallacher, the day he was found guilty
One of the women, referred to by the pseudonym Alex, says she first met Brand during a professional meeting at his London home in the late 2000s.
Alex, who was in her thirties, said Brand initially won her over by behaving like an ‘enthralled fan’. The pair later began an on-off relationship.
She alleges that his conduct gradually became controlling. On one occasion, she says, he had sex with her without her consent after she asked him to stop because he was not using a condom.
Alex claims Brand disregarded her objections and continued despite her trying to move away. She said she did not physically fight back because she was afraid of how he might respond.
Brand allegedly apologised to her in person and later by text. Alex said those apologies helped explain why she stayed in the relationship: ‘I justified it in my head by saying to myself: at least he admitted it.’
Brand has previously been accused of apologising to a woman after an alleged sexual assault.
Nadia, who spoke to The Times and The Sunday Times during their original 2023 investigation, still has messages in which she confronted Brand hours after allegedly being raped.
‘When a girl say[s] NO it means no,’ she wrote.
Brand replied that he was ‘very sorry’.
Another woman, known as Vicky, alleges Brand continued having sex with her even after she repeatedly pleaded with him to stop because she was in pain.
Vicky was 19 when she met Brand after attending one of his shows in 2007. She says he picked her out from the audience and asked for her telephone number.
The two later began a sexual relationship, but Vicky claims his behaviour became progressively more degrading.
She alleges that during their final encounter, Brand began having sex with her on a sofa at his rented home while another woman was in a nearby bedroom.
Vicky says the sex became extremely painful and that she asked him to stop twice. According to her account, he ignored her and continued.
Russell Brand and Kristen Bell appeared together in the 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Russell Brand at the Los Angeles premiere of Bedtime Stories in 2008
Afterwards, Vicky says Brand appeared to recognise that something had been wrong when he told her: ‘Tonight was consensual. Nobody did anything they didn’t want to do.’
She said she understood the comment as a warning and was left deeply upset by the experience.
‘I didn’t want to remember the fairy tale of meeting him that then turned into an utter nightmare,’ she said.
A third woman, identified as Zoe, alleges that Brand sexually assaulted her in a hotel room after noticing her during a comedy show in San Francisco in May 2013.
Zoe was in her late twenties at the time. She says Brand commented on her breasts while she was in the audience and approached her after the performance.
She alleges that he touched her breasts and bottom while they spoke at the venue, obtained her number and later invited her to his hotel.
Zoe claims his manner changed sharply once she arrived and that he became physically aggressive.
She alleges Brand grabbed her, put one hand around her throat and pushed his other hand down her trousers before penetrating her with his finger without her consent.
Zoe said she froze during the alleged assault and did not resist before Brand suddenly told her to leave.
The investigation also includes allegations from a woman referred to as Georgia, who says she met Brand at a music festival in 2005.
Katy Perry and Russell Brand, who were married for just over a year, pictured in 2010
Georgia alleges that Brand subjected her to months of controlling and sexually degrading behaviour after approaching her at the festival.
She was in her mid-twenties and says Brand initially showered her with compliments, pursuing her persistently after spotting her in the crowd.
Georgia claims he sent a stream of flirtatious messages and emails before inviting her to a London show, where she discovered he had another girlfriend.
When she challenged him and tried to leave, Georgia alleges that Brand threatened to take his own life unless she went home with him.
The pair subsequently began seeing each other, but Georgia says his behaviour became increasingly manipulative and humiliating.
She alleges Brand required her to brush her teeth whenever she visited his home and repeatedly pressured her to have sex, at one point allegedly offering her money.
Georgia said the relationship left her humiliated and that she eventually stopped replying to his messages.
Another woman, Rosie, alleges that Brand made degrading demands after she met him through a BBC Radio 6 Music competition in 2006.
Rosie, who was in her late twenties, says they first had sex in a disabled toilet before beginning an intermittent relationship.
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Rosie claims that on a later visit to Brand’s home, he ordered her to lick a toilet seat.
When she refused, she says he became angry and suddenly withdrew his affection.
‘He then got angry and seemed pissed off that I wouldn’t let him humiliate me,’ she said.
The sixth woman, Louise, alleges that Brand tried to draw her into a disabled toilet at a London venue where she worked in 2015.
Louise, who was in her late twenties, says Brand pursued her despite their relationship being solely professional.
She claims one of his staff members called her to a disabled toilet, where Brand was waiting in darkness.
When Louise refused to go inside, she alleges Brand asked her for toilet paper and then grabbed her forearm as she tried to pass it to him.
She says she managed to get away but was left frightened and crying.
Louise told The Times that she feared Brand intended to sexually assault her if he managed to pull her into the room.
She said she went into another room and ‘properly cried, because I felt like a piece of meat’.
The latest allegations have renewed scrutiny of how Brand allegedly used his celebrity, performances and access to young women during the peak of his television and comedy career.
The investigation says three of the six women were approached at Brand’s shows, where he allegedly singled out female audience members and had members of his entourage collect their telephone numbers.
Several women said they were initially flattered by the attention of a well-known comedian before describing alleged controlling or degrading treatment.
The new claims follow Brand’s conviction at Southwark Crown Court for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.
He was acquitted of two rape charges and one count of attempted indecent assault.
The criminal investigation began after the original allegations were published in September 2023. Brand has strongly denied those allegations.
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