The paper said she messaged him to say she had been scared by him and felt taken advantage of, adding: “When a girl say NO it means no.” Brand reportedly replied saying he was “very sorry”, the paper reported. She told Dispatches the presenter once “forced his penis down her throat”, making her choke, which led her to punch him in the stomach to make him stop.Īnother woman alleged Brand raped her in 2012 in his Los Angeles home, the Sunday Times reported, adding that she received treatment at a rape crisis centre the same day. She reportedly said he referred to her as “the child” during an alleged emotionally abusive and controlling three-month relationship. It added that it received no answer when the papers asked for the evidence Brand claimed contradicted their reporting.Īccording to the paper’s report, one of the women said Brand entered into a relationship with her while he was 31 and she was still a 16-year-old schoolgirl. It was after being given further opportunity to respond to the allegations that Brand decided to broadcast a statement online on Friday, the Sunday Times said. The Sunday Times said Brand’s lawyers did not reply to further requests for comment. They added that he believed there was a “deeply concerning agenda to all this, namely the fact that he is an alternative media broadcaster competing with mainstream media”. Photograph: Channel 4īrand’s lawyers characterised the way in which the request for comment was made as part of a “pre-conceived strategy aimed at damaging their client”, according to the report. A woman tells of her experience on Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches – Russell Brand: In Plain Sight’.
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