Russell Brand has been dropped by his agent, with Channel 4 & BBC issuing statements in light of the allegations against the actor/comedian.
offering a detailed look at the allegations this evening in the U.K.). With Brand continuing his comedy tour this evening at London's 2000-seat Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, Channel 4 and the BBC have issued statements on the matter. In addition,:"Channel 4 is appalled to learn of these deeply troubling allegations, including behaviour alleged to have taken place on programmes made for Channel 4 between 2004 and 2007. We are determined to understand the full nature of what went on.
We will be asking the production company who produced the programmes for Channel 4 to investigate these allegations and report their findings properly and satisfactorily to us. In the many years since the alleged incidents took place, there has obviously been extensive change in Channel 4's management and commissioning teams. Today, Channel 4 has a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviour and has a robust Code of Conduct.
alleges that Brand sexually assaulted four women between 2006 and 2013 . One alleged victim claims the actor/comedian assaulted her when she was 16 years old, and Brand was in his 30s, adding that Brand had nicknamed her"the child" and asked that she read from. Another alleged victim shared that she was raped at Brand's home in Los Angeles, while another claimed that Brand sexually assaulted her and then threatened her with legal action if she ever went public with what took place.
"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," Brand says at one point in the video"So, This Is Happening" that he posted late Friday in the U.K."And as I've written about extensively in my books, I was very, very promiscuous. Now during that time of promiscuity, the relationships I had were absolutely always consensual.
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