{"id":17345,"date":"2025-04-04T13:50:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-u-k-comedian-and-actor-charged-with-multiple-counts-of-rape-sexual-assault\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T13:50:47","slug":"russell-brand-u-k-comedian-and-actor-charged-with-multiple-counts-of-rape-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-u-k-comedian-and-actor-charged-with-multiple-counts-of-rape-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Brand, U.K. comedian and actor, charged with multiple counts of rape, sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p><em>London<\/em> \u2014 London&#8217;s Metropolitan Police have charged comedian and actor Russell Brand with one count of rape, oral rape and indecent assault and two other counts of sexual assault, the police force said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>British detectives have said they started investigating the TV star in September 2023 after &#8220;receiving a number of allegations, which followed reporting by Channel 4&#8217;s Dispatches and The Sunday Times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In September 2023, those British media outlets published <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russell-brand-faces-sexual-assault-claim-dating-to-2003-london-police-say\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">claims by four women<\/a><\/span>\u00a0who said they were sexually assaulted or raped by Brand between 2006 and 2013, at the height of his fame.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/09\/19\/b6211db7-b91b-4222-802b-c2d1f15ed31b\/thumbnail\/1240x825g2\/b039bde6d0424e7391a36fd024346750\/gettyimages-861358930.jpg?v=7613930c2bdb7d1bf55be910a9b022f2#\" alt=\"An Evening with Russell Brand at Esquire Townhouse with Dior \" height=\"825\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Russell Brand takes part in a discussion at Esquire Townhouse, Oct. 14, 2017, in London, England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jeff Spicer\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;The women who have made reports continue to receive support from specially trained officers. The Met&#8217;s investigation remains open and detectives ask anyone who has been affected by this case, or anyone who has any information, to come forward and speak with police,&#8221; Metropolitan Police detective superintendent Andy Furphy said in a statement Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The police said in a statement that Brand would appear in a London court for a first hearing on May 2.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/emmet-lyons\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Emmet Lyons<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/emmet-lyons\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"img \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/12\/03\/1437c960-57ce-426d-8b19-fb0ac7294f15\/thumbnail\/80x80\/946b7a9938670c65a94d336300a62079\/emmet-lyons.jpg?v=7613930c2bdb7d1bf55be910a9b022f2#\" alt=\"emmet-lyons.jpg \" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" class=\" lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/12\/03\/1437c960-57ce-426d-8b19-fb0ac7294f15\/thumbnail\/80x80\/946b7a9938670c65a94d336300a62079\/emmet-lyons.jpg?v=7613930c2bdb7d1bf55be910a9b022f2 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/12\/03\/1437c960-57ce-426d-8b19-fb0ac7294f15\/thumbnail\/160x160\/18b2f5b2501aa50e75e6700114141031\/emmet-lyons.jpg?v=7613930c2bdb7d1bf55be910a9b022f2 2x\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%2080%2080'%2F%3E\"\/><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Emmet Lyons is a news desk editor at the CBS News London bureau, coordinating and producing stories for all CBS News platforms. 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