In AMERICA we value the concept of innocent until proven guilty. I know that's a foreign concept to leftists. But it's an AMERICAN principle ALL should embrace.
[What does the American Left have to do with the laws in the UK?]
The actor and comedianās management company postponed the three remaining dates of Brandās āBipolarisationā tour in Britain on Sept. 18., two days after
sexual assault allegations against Brand by four women were published and televised following a joint investigation that resulted in a Channel 4 TV documentary and in joint reports
in The Times of London and Sunday Times newspapers.
The four women, who have not been named and who NBC News has not spoken to alleged that Brand raped, sexually assaulted or abused them between 2006 and 2013.
One of the women said she was had a three-month relationship with Brand when she was 16. Another woman alleged that Brand raped her in 2012 at his Los Angeles home.
The U.K. Metropolitan Police Service
told NBC News that it received a report of a sexual assault allegedly involving Brand that occurred in 2003 in London on Sept. 18, a day after the allegations were reported on television and in newspapers.
Multiple women allege that Brand raped, sexually assaulted or abused them
Channel 4, The Times and The Sunday Times jointly investigated the allegations against Brand.
In the published reports and the accompanying Channel 4 documentary, four women alleged that Brand had raped, sexually assaulted or abused them between 2006 and 2013.
One woman alleged that Brand āgroomedā her at 16
One of Brandās accusers, who used the pseudonym Alice,
told The Times she was 16 years old when she began a three-month relationship with the āForgetting Sarah Marshallā star, who was then 31.
Though 16 is the legal age of consent in the United Kingdom, the woman alleged that Brand groomed her, pressured her to perform sexual acts and raped her. Alice described to The Times having to push Brand off of her and punching him in the stomach on one occasion.
Alice told The Times that Brand referred to her as āthe childā and would send a car for her to be picked up at school and taken to his home.
āRussell engaged in the behaviors of a groomer, looking back, but I didnāt even know what that was then, or what that looked like,ā Alice told The Times.
Another woman said Brand raped her in the U.S.
Another one of Brandās accusers in the Channel 4, The Times and The Sunday Times investigation, who used the name Nadia, said that Brand raped her in 2012 at his Los Angeles residence.
Nadia told reporters that Brand invited her to his home after the two had consensual sex, but on this occasion wanted a āfriendā to join them, according to The Times.
When Nadia refused, Brand pushed her against a wall and raped her, she alleged.
One woman alleged that Brand sexually assaulted her when they worked together
One woman in the Channel 4, The Times and The Sunday Times investigation said Brand sexually assaulted her when they worked together in L.A.
Brand was also accused of exposing himself
Brand worked with Channel 4 from 2004 and 2007, when some of the alleged behavior is said to have occurred.
One Channel 4 employee, who used the pseudonym Rachel, told The Times that Brand exposed his penis to her in his dressing room and made insinuation about her performing oral sex on him.
Some Channel 4 colleagues said Brand made them feel like āpimpsā
Some Channel 4 crew members told the Times that they felt like they were working as a āpimpā for Brand as he pursued members of the audience for sex,
according to NBC News.
āWe have asked the production company who produced the programs for Channel 4 to investigate these allegations and report their findings properly and satisfactorily to us,ā the network said. āChannel 4 is also conducting its own internal investigation, and we would encourage anyone who is aware of such behavior to contact us directly.ā
Episodes of āBig Brotherās Big Mouthā and āThe Great British Bake Offā featuring Brand have been removed from Channel 4ās streaming service.
Some events allegedly happened while Brand worked for the BBC
Some events the accusers described allegedly happened while Brand worked as a host and presenter for the BBC from 2006 to 2008.
The BBC said in a statement that it is āurgently looking into the issues raisedā by the reports.
āRussell Brand worked for a number of different organizations of which the BBC was one,ā the statement read. āAs is well known, Russell Brand left the BBC after a serious editorial breach in 2008 ā as did the then controller of Radio 2.
The circumstances of the breach were reviewed in detail at the time. We hope that demonstrates that the BBC takes issues seriously and is prepared to act.ā
The U.K. Metropolitan Police Service received a report of an alleged 2003 assault
The U.K. Metropolitan Police Service told NBC News that it received a report of an alleged assault against Brand on Sept. 17, a day after the investigationās publication and a documentary that also aired Saturday.
The alleged assault occurred in Londonās Soho neighborhood in 2003, according to the police department.
āWe continue to encourage anyone who believes they may have been a victim of a sexual offence, no matter how long ago it was, to contact us,ā Metropolitan Police Service said.
(full article online)
Multiple women have come forward to say Brand raped, sexually assaulted or abused them.
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