Russell Brand Charged With Further Counts of Rape and Sexual Assault

Russell Model has been charged with additional offences.

London’s Metropolitan Police mentioned Tuesday that the disgraced comic, actor and TV host had been issued with two further expenses: one rely of rape and one rely of sexual assault.

The allegations relate to 2 additional ladies on prime of the earlier expenses towards the “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” star, which included two of rape, one in all indecent assault and two of sexual assault.

Model will now seem at Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom on Jan. 20 in relation to the extra expenses.

Earlier this 12 months, Model appeared in London’s Southwark Crown Courtroom and pleaded not responsible to the earlier expenses. The allegations, involving 4 ladies, relate to incidents that occurred between 1999 and 2005. The trial for these expenses is because of begin on June 3, 2026. He’ll stay on conditional bail till then.

“The ladies who’ve made stories, together with these linked to the 2 new expenses, proceed to obtain assist from specifically educated officers,” mentioned the Met Police’s detective chief inspector Tariq Farooqi in relation to the brand new allegations. Farooqi added that the Met’s investigation, first launched after the police acquired a number of allegations within the wake of a serious expose in 2023 from each Channel 4’s “Dispatches” documentary collection and The Sunday Occasions, “stays ongoing,” and urged anybody affected by the case or with data to return ahead.

The 2023 expose noticed Model accused of “rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse.” A rep for the present mentioned that “5 ladies, 4 of whom requested to stay nameless, agreed to share their tales of great sexual allegations in this system.”

Simply months after the expose ran, Model transformed to Christianity and has been outspoken about his new religion. Final 12 months he prayed on stage with Tucker Carlson and later Jordan Petersen at occasions within the U.S.