Russell Brand accused of rape
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
This episode contains detailed allegations of rape and sexual assault.
Following an exclusive investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 Dispatches we hear how the comedian and actor Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse.
Journalists Rosamund Urwin and Charlotte Wace reveal the harrowing stories of two of Brand’s alleged victims.
Russell Brand strongly denies all the allegations.
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Guests: Rosamund Urwin, Media Editor, The Sunday Times.
Charlotte Wace, News Reporter, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
Articles: Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assaults and abuse - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-abuse-allegations-investigation-v5hxdlmb6
Comic, film star, YouTube guru: Russell Brand’s many lives - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russell-brand-youtube-guru-wife-girlfriends-wealth-lrv8r36pn
How The Times and The Sunday Times investigated Russell Brand - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russell-brand-investigation-sunday-times-video-watch-latest-news-x33ss0kmk
Video: You can watch our investigation on The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqfCzB1BOlM
Clips: BBC, Channel 4, Universal Pictures UK, ITV News, ITV, Endemol, Russell Brand YouTube Channel, CBS.
Helplines:
Rape Crisis England & Wales offers confidential support and information to women in England and Wales who have survived any form of sexual violence, no matter how long ago.
Phone: 0808 802 9999
https://rapecrisis.org.uk/
Rape Crisis Scotland provides confidential support for anyone affected by sexual violence, no matter when or how it happened. They can also put you in touch with local rape crisis centres.
Phone: 0808 801 03 02
http://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/
Rape Crisis Network Ireland supports anyone in Northern Ireland affected by rape and sexual violence
http://www.rcni.ie
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Phone: 116 123
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| 0:00.0 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination, not a car in the world, as you simply lean back. |
| 0:17.0 | And before you know it, you're there. |
| 0:20.0 | This is how travel should feel, and on our trains, it does. |
| 0:25.0 | Avanti West Coast, feel good travel. |
| 0:33.0 | A word of warning. |
| 0:35.0 | This episode contains detailed allegations of rape and sexual assault. |
| 0:43.0 | You're listening to BBC Radio 2, it's the Russell Brand show, and here's your host, I am! |
| 0:52.0 | Russell Brand, burst onto the scene in the early Naughties, as a presenter, comedian, actor and wild-head lethario, who was suddenly everywhere on TV and radio, with his own brand of comedy that often pushed the limits. |
| 1:09.0 | It's my humble view that there ain't a single sexual act that ain't enhanced by spitting. |
| 1:17.0 | There's literally no joke there, that is just a sexy tip. |
| 1:26.0 | He's been mired in controversy, not least in 2008, when prank phone calls led to his sacking from BBC Radio. |
| 1:37.0 | In appropriate and unacceptable, now Gordon Brown joins the chorus of disapproval against Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross. |
| 1:47.0 | These days, he's into well-being, and speaking to his 6 million fans on YouTube where his videos have been viewed over a billion times. |
| 1:57.0 | But now, we can reveal a much darker side to Russell Brand. |
| 2:03.0 | I was sat up in the bed against the headboard, and he forced his penis down my throat, and I couldn't breathe, I was just choking me, and I couldn't breathe. |
| 2:16.0 | When I went in for one of my first therapy sessions, I couldn't say the word rape. |
| 2:23.0 | I had to keep saying sexually assaulted, but by the end of it I was like, oh my god, he raped me. |
| 2:34.0 | Four women have alleged Russell Brand sexually assaulted them between 2006 and 2013. |
| 2:47.0 | Others have made a range of accusations about Brand's controlling, abusive, and predatory behaviour. |
| 2:55.0 | You're listening to stories of our times from the times and the Sunday times. I'm Manvine Rana. Today, Russell Brand accused of rape. |
| 3:11.0 | Over the past three years, an exclusive investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times, and Channel 4's Dispatches program, has spoken to more than 300 people who know Russell Brand. |
| 3:33.0 | Ex-girlfriends and their close friends and family, comedians, and other celebrities, and people who worked with him on TV and radio. |
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