Four women have alleged sexual assaults occurred between 2006 and 2013, when Brand was working for BBC Radio 2 and Channel 4 as well as starring in Hollywood films.<\/p>\n
The 48-year-old actor and comedian is also facing claims of controlling, abusive and predatory behaviour, following a joint investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 Dispatches.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Brand vehemently denies the allegations and, in a video posted online, stated all of his relationships have been \u201cconsensual\u201d, before accusing the media of a \u201cco-ordinated attack\u201d.<\/p>\n Following the allegations, which were aired during a Channel 4 Dispatches special titled Russell Brand: In Plain Sight, the Trevi Women & Children\u2019s Charity in the UK announced it had ended its association with Brand and his charity, the Stay Free Foundation.<\/p>\n A statement on Instagram said: \u201cRussell became aware of our charity in 2022 after hearing about some of the incredible mothers we have helped to become drug-free over the years.<\/p>\n \u201cHe wanted to support our cause and raise money through his Stay Free Foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n The charity said it had been \u201cdeeply saddened and upset\u201d following the allegations against Brand, adding: \u201cWe have ended our association with Russell Brand and the Stay Free Foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Brand\u2019s website, the Stay Free Foundation is described as a charitable organisation that focuses on \u201csupporting people through recovery from addiction, their mental health issues and the non-profit organisations that help them\u201d.<\/p>\n It states it makes \u201cregular donations\u201d to treatment centres such as Friendly House in Los Angeles and BAC O\u2019Connor in the UK, while also supporting the Trevi charity and the Treasures Foundation, \u201cwho are the only residential rehabilitation centre in the UK exclusively for mothers and their children\u201d.<\/p>\n A statement from the Treasures Foundation to the PA news agency said: \u201cAt Treasures Foundation we only know Russell Brand in the capacity of him wanting to make amends and give back to women, hence the desire of his to give to our charity.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are part of a programme that practices forgiveness and making amends. Many of us have been through sexual trauma and some of us have been perpetrators.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to take this time to process what is going on, we are talking to the women we support and will be issuing feedback from them, as always the voice of the women we support is of the upmost importance.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n It added: \u201cWe can\u2019t make an opinion on what has come out right now. We just know him for the good that he does now.\u201d<\/p>\n Brand was rehabilitated from heroin addiction in 2003 and has since released his part personal memoir and part self-help guide titled Recovery: Freedom From Our Addictions, as well as setting up his Community festival, which sees all the profits donated to the Stay Free Foundation.<\/p>\n The allegations made against Brand include one woman who claims she was sexually assaulted during a three-month relationship with him when she was 16 and still at school.<\/p>\n The woman described his behaviour towards her as \u201cgrooming\u201d as he would allegedly provide her with scripts on how to deceive her parents into allowing her to visit him.<\/p>\n In 2020, the woman contacted Brand\u2019s literary agent at the time, who was also the co-founder of talent agency Tavistock Wood.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A statement given to the PA news agency by Tavistock Wood said: \u201cRussell Brand categorically and vehemently denied the allegation made in 2020, but we now believe we were horribly misled by him. TW has terminated all professional ties to Brand.\u201d<\/p>\n Another woman alleges that Brand raped her at his Los Angeles home while a third claims that Brand sexually assaulted her while she worked with him in Los Angeles and threatened to take legal action if she told anyone of the allegation.<\/p>\n A fourth woman claims she was sexually assaulted by Brand and alleges that he was physically and emotionally abusive towards her.<\/p>\n The allegations were made in a 90-minute Channel 4 Dispatches film which also saw other women speak of their experiences working with Brand on TV sets, including his former personal assistant Helen Berger, who called him a \u201cnarcissist\u201d.<\/p>\n As the film aired, Brand appeared as scheduled at the 2,000-capacity Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in north-west London to perform a sold-out comedy gig.<\/p>\n While not directly addressing the allegations, audience members told the PA news agency that Brand said he hoped they could \u201cappreciate\u201d there were things he could not talk about during the set.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe are basically acting like pimps to Russell Brand\u2019s needs.\u201d<\/p>\n Serious allegations about Brand\u2019s behaviour in the workplace have been uncovered.<\/p>\n Several women share their shocking stories with @C4Dispatches<\/a> and @thetimes<\/a>. #C4Dispatches<\/a><\/p>\n Brand denies all allegations. pic.twitter.com\/r2nvA3mYjM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Channel 4 Dispatches (@C4Dispatches) September 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n <\/p>\n In a video statement, posted online ahead of the publication of the claims, Brand claimed he was facing a \u201clitany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks\u201d.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cThese allegations pertain to the time when I was working in the mainstream, when I was in the newspapers all the time, when I was in the movies and, as I have written about extensively in my books, I was very, very promiscuous.<\/p>\n \u201cNow, during that time of promiscuity the relationships I had were absolutely, always consensual. I was always transparent about that then, almost too transparent, and I am being transparent about it now as well.<\/p>\n \u201cTo see that transparency metastasised into something criminal, that I absolutely deny, makes me question is there another agenda at play.\u201d<\/p>\n On Sunday, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly suggested there are wider questions for the entertainment industry to answer.<\/p>\n While he did not comment specifically on the allegations, he told BBC One\u2019s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg: \u201cI think there are some real challenges where you have these very, very acute differentials in power, whether that be in the entertainment industry, whether that be in politics and we see this in the commercial world as well.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI was like, \u2018oh my god, he raped me\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n A woman shares her story about her experiences with Russell Brand with @C4Dispatches<\/a> in a joint investigation with @thetimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brand denies all accusations including rape, sexual assault and controlling and emotionally abusive behaviour. pic.twitter.com\/XtNV5s91gk<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Russell](\"https:\/\/image.assets.pressassociation.io\/v2\/image\/production\/88578cfc9e3ef45063a03815455e49f9Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNjk1MDI4NzMw\/2.73756322.jpg?w=640\")
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