The shocking allegations against Russell Brand that he so emphatically denied ahead of their release have now come to light.
Four women have accused the British comedian, 48, of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse in incidents that allegedly took place from 2006 and 2013, according to a bombshell exposé by the Sunday Times published Saturday.
One of the unnamed accusers identified only as Nadia alleged that Brand raped her “against a wall” in his Los Angeles home in 2012 when she was in her thirties.
“I’m stuck underneath the painting and he’s pushing up against me,” she claimed.
“He’s a lot taller than me. And he has that glazed look in his eye again. And I can’t move. And I told him, ‘Get off, get off.’”
Brand, who was married to Katy Perry from 2010 to 2012, allegedly did not have a condom on when he committed the rape.
Nadia alleged to the Sunday Times that she told him via text after she left, “When a girl say[s] NO it means no.”
The “Get Him to the Greek” star allegedly replied, “Very sorry.” Screenshots of the alleged texts were published in the report.
Nadia allegedly then fled to a rape center the following day and, according to the Sunday Times, there are medical records that substantiate these claims.
A second accuser claims she was a minor when Brand allegedly assaulted her and he allegedly referred to her as “the child” at the time.
She alleged that she was just 16 and the “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” star was 31 when they engaged in a “emotionally abusive and controlling” relationship that lasted three months when he worked as a BBC presenter.
She is identified in the story under a fake name, Alice, in order to protect her anonymity.
Alice claimed that one time she was dropped off at Brand’s home and a taxi driver warned her, “Please, I’m asking you not to go in there, you could be my little girl, and I would want someone to do this for her,” seemingly knowing about the actor’s alleged misconduct.
Brand’s management team allegedly knew about his relationship with the teen, according to the report, and he would allegedly send a private car to her school to take her out of classes and bring her to his house.
Alice recalled of their alleged first date, “I remember wearing a red wiggle dress and big platform shoes and had my hair blown out and was wearing makeup. But I didn’t look like a woman by any means. I was a child that had got dressed up for dinner.”
Brand allegedly wanted to confirm she was 16 — which is the legal age of consent in the UK — and told her, “I don’t give a f–k if you’re 12 … I need to know where I stand legally.”
When the comic learned Alice was a virgin, he allegedly responded, “‘Oh my God, my baby, my baby,'” and “cradled” her in his arms “like a child and was stroking [her] hair,” saying, “‘You’re like my little dolly.’”
Toward the end of their short-lived romance, Alice claimed there was a sexual assault incident in which Brand allegedly “forced his penis down her throat” — enough to make her choke. She allegedly punched him in order to get him to stop, per the report.
“It shouldn’t take you having to punch someone and to wind them to get them off you,” she told the Sunday Times. “It shouldn’t be a physical fight.”
The relationship allegedly ended when Alice found out Brand was cheating on her by walking in on him with another woman.
“I think he was very skillful in the start of making his identity be, ‘I’m the womaniser. I’m a sex addict. I’m inappropriate but it’s all just a joke, it’s funny,’” Alice claimed. “It’s a smokescreen for a lot more of his dark behavior.”
The third accuser alleged to the Sunday Times that her incident took place when she worked with Brand in Los Angeles and they were in a brief consensual relationship in early 2013.
The woman — identified as Phoebe in the report — claimed she visited the comedian once and he allegedly tried to assault her while he was naked and she was fully clothed.
“I saw something come over his eyes, I swear to God, like, black, his eyes had no more color, they were black, like the devil. Like a different person literally entered his body,” she told the Sunday Times.
Nadia said that Brand did not end up raping her, but noted, “I don’t know what the actual definition of ‘sexual assault’ is, but it feels like that.”
She claimed that the “Rock of Ages” star threatened to file legal action against her if she ever came forward. Nadia claimed she did not file a report out of fear as to how it might affect her career.
The fourth and final women is Brand’s ex-girlfriend, Jordan Martin, who alleged to the Sunday Times that Brand sexually assaulted and physically and emotionally abused her, as mentioned in her book, “kNot: Entanglement with a Celebrity.”
The Sunday Times then cited multiple incidents, in which Brand’s alleged creepy behavior has been alluded to in the press, by female comedians and several places where he worked.
They interviewed a woman identified as Rachel, who allegedly worked with Brand on the series “Big Brother’s EFourum,” and claimed he once flashed his penis at her and that when he allegedly insinuated they have oral sex she was “shocked and refused.”
The misconduct was allegedly reported to the production company Endemol, but one manager allegedly said in response, “Boys will be boys. It’s not a big deal.”
The Sunday Times said when they contacted Banijay UK, which bought Endemol in 2020, there were “no records of issues about Brand being raised formally or discussed.”
“We are sorry these women did not feel supported and protected while working on these productions and in light of these serious allegations encourage to them to contact us in confidence,” their statement also read in part.
Brand’s former assistant Helen Berger, who worked for him in 2006, also came forward and alleged that the fact she is gay was seen as a “plus” when she was hired because a manager allegedly thought it would keep her “safe.”
She claimed the “Death on the Nile” actor would only wear underwear while she worked and allegedly witnessed him showing pictures of naked women to his friends.
Brand released a lengthy video via Instagram ahead of the exposé, in which he said he refuted the “litany of egregious and aggressive attacks.” He also alleged they were a “coordinated” effort between media outlets to try to silence him about some of the matters he discusses on his channels like “Big Pharma.”
The Sunday Times embarked in a joint investigation with The Times and Channel 4’s “Dispatches,” the latter of which is expected to air a version of the allegations on a forthcoming episode.
“It feels to me like there is a serious and concerted agenda to control these kinds of spaces and these kinds of voices,” Brand added in his video.
“I don’t want to get into this any further because of the serious nature of the allegations but I feel like I’m being attacked and plainly they are working very closely together.”
Brand’s and Channel 4’s reps did not immediately return Pvnew’s request for further comment. A spokesperson for the Sunday Times and the Times tells us exclusively, “I think we’ll let the reporting speak for itself.”
