Met receives variety of intercourse offence allegations after Russell Brand news reviews
The comic and actor has strongly denied accusations made by 4 ladies in an investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches.
On Monday, the power mentioned it had since obtained a “number of allegations of sexual offences in London” in addition to elsewhere within the nation.
In a brief assertion, police mentioned all allegations had been non-recent and there have been no arrests.
Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy, from the Met’s Central Specialist Crime Command, mentioned: “We 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.
“We understand it can feel like a difficult step to take and I want to reassure that we have a team of specialist officers available to advise and support.”
The power mentioned will probably be providing specialist help to the entire ladies who’ve made allegations.
On Saturday, Brand thanked his supporters for “questioning” the allegations of rape and sexual assault made towards him.
In the three-minute clip, posted on YouTube, Rumble and X, he mentioned the week because the claims had been printed had been “extraordinary and distressing”.
Shortly after the Met issued its quick assertion, Brand made his first return to his common Rumble present because the allegations had been made towards him.
On the Dispatches documentary, Brand was accused of rape, assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013, when he was on the peak of his fame working for the BBC, Channel 4 and starring in Hollywood movies.
The Met beforehand mentioned it had obtained an allegation of sexual assault in Soho, central London, in 2003, which emerged because the remaining dwell exhibits for his Bipolarisation tour had been postponed.
During his common Rumble present on Monday, Brand mentioned he would speak in regards to the “collusion between big tech and Government and an apparent concerted effort by legacy media … to silence independent media voices”.
He added: “Obviously, it’s difficult for me to be entirely objective given the events of the last week, but that’s what we must try to do.”
Brand mentioned he would return to his common present on Rumble – an internet video platform which refused to comply with YouTube in blocking the comic from incomes promoting income on its web site.
He described the streaming web site as having made a “clear commitment to free speech”.