Media report rape and abuse allegations against Russell Brand : NPR

Russell Model arrives on the Rock of Ages premiere at Grauman’s Chinese language Theatre in Los Angeles on June 8, 2012.

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Russell Model arrives on the Rock of Ages premiere at Grauman’s Chinese language Theatre in Los Angeles on June 8, 2012.

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Russell Model has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse, in line with a joint investigation revealed Saturday by British media. The actor denies the allegations.

The allegations in opposition to the British entertainer emerged in an investigation by the The Times, The Sunday Instances and Channel 4.

“4 ladies have alleged sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013, whereas he was a presenter for BBC Radio 2 and Channel 4 after which an actor in Hollywood movies,” The Instances mentioned in its unique report, which was collectively authored by journalists Rosamund Unwin, Charlotte Wace and Paul Morgan-Bentley. “Others have made a variety of accusations about Model’s controlling, abusive and predatory conduct.”

Model issued a video statement on Friday denying the allegations.

“Amidst this litany of astonishing, slightly baroque assaults are some very critical allegations that I completely refute,” he mentioned. Model added that he has at all times been open about his years of sexual promiscuity, and mentioned the entire relationships he had “have been completely at all times consensual.”

In line with an accompanying report concerning the investigation course of revealed by The Instances, the Sunday Instances launched its inquiries into Model’s conduct in 2019, after the information group “was made conscious of allegations in opposition to Russell Model referring to his therapy of ladies.”

The Instances mentioned that over the previous few years, reporters have interviewed “lots of of sources who knew or labored with Model: ex-girlfriends and their family and friends, comedians and different celebrities, individuals who labored with him on radio and TV, and senior workers on the BBC, Channel 4 and different media organizations.”

The media group mentioned reporters have additionally “seen non-public emails and textual content messages, submitted freedom of knowledge requests, seen medical and therapists’ notes, scrutinized Model’s books and interviews, and watched and listened to lots of of hours of his reveals on the BBC, Channel 4 and YouTube to corroborate allegations.”

In response to a request for remark, Model’s representatives referred NPR to Model’s video assertion.

After launching his profession as a standup comic within the early 2000s, Model appeared in lots of TV reveals and movies similar to Get Him to the Greek and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. He’s the creator of bestselling books and hosts an internet collection and the podcast Keep Free with Russell Model.

Model has been accused of undesirable sexual advances earlier than. In 2006, the Australian movie star Dannii Minogue referred to his “intercourse habit” within the Daily Mirror, and known as him “a vile predator.”

Model is at present performing a collection of stay reveals within the U.Ok., lots of that are bought out. NPR reached out to approaching venues the place the entertainer is anticipated to look Saturday and subsequent Tuesday. Wembley Park Theatre, the venue for Saturday’s efficiency, couldn’t be reached. However a field workplace consultant at Theatre Royal Windsor, the place Model is scheduled to look on Tuesday, mentioned the present is at present is “nonetheless on,” including that this might change within the coming days.