British police investigating comedian and actor Russell Brand Past sex crime allegations He submitted evidence files so that prosecutors can consider whether to charge him.
The Crown Prosecution Service said late on Saturday: “We have been given a file by police to consider a charging decision in this case. Charging decisions will be taken independently, based on the evidence and in line with legal tests.” Ta.
Metropolitan Police detectives interviewed Brand, 49, three times on suspicion of “non-recent sexual offences”.
Superintendent Andy Furphy, who is leading the investigation, said: “The investigation continues and the file has now been passed to the CPS.” “We have a team of dedicated police officers who provide specialist support to women who come forward. “We have a team of dedicated police officers who provide expert support to women who come forward. We are doing our best to investigate.”
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In September 2023, British media Channel 4 and The Sunday Times published the following claim: 4 women Brando allegedly sexually assaulted and raped her between 2006 and 2013, when she was at the height of her fame.
Another woman who accused Brando told CBS News partner network BBC News that she was working in the same building that housed the BBC’s Los Angeles bureau at the time of the incident. She said Brando continued to laugh about it on his radio show shortly after.
The accuser has not been identified.
The comedian, author and “Get Him to the Greece” actor denied the allegations, insisting his relationship “was always consensual.”
Known for his free-spirited and racy stand-up routines, Brando has hosted radio and television shows, written memoirs about his struggles with drugs and alcohol, appeared in several Hollywood films, and since 2010 He was briefly married to pop star Katy Perry in 2012.
Although the brand has largely disappeared from mainstream media in recent years, it has built a large following online with videos that mix health and conspiracy theories.
After the allegations were made public, he said in an exclusive interview with “CBS Mornings”: YouTube CEO Neil Mohan defended the platform’s decision Citing YouTube’s Creator Responsibility Guidelines policy to de-monetize a brand’s channel.
“If a creator engages in off-platform behavior or has off-platform news that could harm the broader creator ecosystem, they may be suspended from the monetization program,” Mohan said. said. “It has affected many creators and celebrities on the platform in the past, and that is what played out in this particular case surrounding serious allegations.”
