Russell Brand’s Windsor present postponed after sexual assault allegations made
Russell Brand’s final tour exhibits have been postponed, organisers have confirmed. This consists of tomorrow’s efficiency (September 19), which was scheduled to happen on the Theatre Royal Windsor in London.
The comic, who has been accused of rape and sexual assault following a documentary and article by Channel 4 Dispatches and The Times, has strongly denied the accusations made in opposition to him.
An announcement from the present’s promoters mentioned: “We are postponing these few remaining addiction charity fundraiser shows, we don’t like doing it – but we know you’ll understand.”
The Theatre Royal Windsor mentioned in a press release: “Theatre Royal Windsor will be offering ticket refunds in line with our terms and conditions of sale.”
Brand faces allegations from 4 completely different girls who declare he sexually assaulted them between 2006 and 2013.
The news comes simply after the Met Police confirmed at this time they had been investigating one other allegation of sexual assault from 2003, following the investigation into Brand.
A Met Police spokesman mentioned: “We are aware of reporting by The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches about allegations of sexual offences. On Sunday, 17 September, the Met received a report of a sexual assault which was alleged to have taken place in Soho in central London in 2003. Officers are in contact with the woman and will be providing her with support.
“We first spoke with The Sunday Times on Saturday, 16 September and have since made additional approaches to The Sunday Times and Channel 4 to make sure that anybody who believes they’ve been the sufferer of a sexual offence is conscious of find out how to report this to the police.
“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.”
The new assertion from the Met Police seems to discuss with a brand new allegation that was not talked about in The Times and Channel 4 investigation.
The assertion doesn’t determine the accused individual, however says the report was made following the Sunday Times report and Channel 4 documentary about Russell Brand.
The postponement comes simply as he was purported to be performing his previous couple of dwell stand-up exhibits as a part of his Bipolarisation tour. He had additional dates in Wolverhampton and Plymouth.
On Saturday, simply hours after the allegations had been first printed, Brand carried out at a venue in Wembley, London to roughly 2,000 folks.
The crowd gave him a standing ovation because the comic mentioned there have been “things I cannot talk about”, it has been reported.
Posting a video on his social media earlier than the documentary aired he denied “serious criminal allegations” that had been about to be made in opposition to him.
He mentioned he was the topic of a “co-ordinated attack” involving “some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute”.
“These allegations pertain to the time when I was working in the mainstream, when I was in the newspapers all the time, when I was in the movies, and as I’ve written about extensively in my books I was very, very promiscuous,” he mentioned.
“Now during that time of promiscuity the relationships I had were absolutely, always consensual.”