Russell Brand has been formally charged with rape and sexual assault. The U.K.'s Crown Prosecution Service said that it has authorized London's Metropolitan Police to charge a man, identified as 49-year-old Brand, following an investigation by detectives. London's Metropolitan Police said Brand has been charged with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, one count of oral rape and two counts of sexual assault. He will appear in court on Friday, May 2nd.
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00:00Russel Brand has been formally charged with rape and sexual assault.
00:05The UK's Crown Prosecution Service said on Friday that it has authorized London's Metropolitan
00:10Police to charge a man, identified as 49-year-old Brand, following an investigation by detectives.
00:16London's Metropolitan Police said Brand has been charged with one count of rape,
00:20one count of indecent assault, one count of oral rape, and two counts of sexual assault.
00:25He will appear in court on Friday, May 2.
00:28The police force says the crimes he has been charged with relate to multiple
00:31incidents that took place in the UK from 1999 to 2005.
00:35The detective superintendent leading the investigation said,
00:39the women who have made reports continue to receive support from specially trained officers.
00:44The investigation remains open and detectives ask anyone who has been affected by this case,
00:48or anyone who has any information, to come forward and speak with police.
00:52Detectives began investigating Brand in September 2023 after receiving a number of allegations,
00:58which followed reporting by Channel 4's Dispatches and the Sunday Times of extensive
01:02allegations against Brand. The disgraced actor and comedian has denied all claims made against him.
01:08He maintains all of his relationships were consensual.
01:11On Friday, Brand shared this video on social media.
01:14I was a fool before I lived in the light of the Lord. I was a drug addict, a sex addict,
01:19and an imbecile. But what I never was, was a rapist. I've never engaged in non-consensual
01:25activity. I pray that you can see that by looking in my eyes.
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