U.K. Police Open Sexual Offenses Investigation After Allegations About Russell Brand
etcanada.comBritish police have opened a sex crimes investigation triggered by news reports about comedian Russell Brand. London’s Metropolitan Police force said Monday that it had “received a number of allegations of sexual offenses” after a television documentary and newspaper investigations.
It said there have been no arrests. Brand, 48, denies allegations of sexual assault made by four women in a Channel 4 television documentary and The Times and Sunday Times newspapers.
The accusers, who have not been named, include one who said she was sexually assaulted during a relationship with him when she was 16.
Another woman says Brand raped her in Los Angeles in 2012. READ MORE: Companies Pull Ads From Rumble For Hosting Russell Brand’s Videos The police force did not name Brand in its statement, but referred to the recent articles and documentary.
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