Further criminal allegations made against Russell Brand since start of trial
Several people have come forward with information and further allegations during the trial and since its conclusion, the Metropolitan Police said.
Further criminal allegations against rapist comedian Russell Brand have been made to police since the beginning of his trial.
The Metropolitan Police said several people have been in contact during and since the conclusion of the 51-year-old’s rape and sexual assault case.
The force said those who have been in contact have either provided further information or reported potential criminal allegations.
Detectives are assessing the information as part of ongoing inquiries, the Met added.
Brand has spent five nights behind bars since he was convicted of one rape and three sexual assaults – with his sentencing judge eventually handing him a 10-and-a-half-year jail term on Monday.
The shamed comedian showed no emotion as he was handed a custodial sentence but told his wife, Laura Gallacher, “we’ll be OK” before he was taken downstairs by dock officers at Southwark Crown Court.
He has since been accused of further violence by his former partner Jemima Goldsmith, who shared a post on X hours after his sentencing hearing which claimed she had to call the police in order to have him removed from her house during a “violent incident”.
Ms Goldsmith, who reportedly dated Brand for a year in 2014, wrote she has her own experience of his “violence, coercive control and abuse”, and has neither seen nor spoken to the convicted rapist since that period.
Brand was convicted on Thursday of raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three TV and radio workers during his rise to international fame.
In his submissions at Monday’s hearing, defence barrister Ian Winter KC argued Brand’s crimes were the consequence of the level of fame he was acquiring.
Mr Winter said the final offence “happened very shortly after” Brand has met his former wife, singer Katy Perry.
Four powerful victim impact statements were delivered to the court, including one who described the fallen star as “a sexual predator who has no remorse for how his behaviour has impacted my life”.
She told the court Brand’s fame had left her afraid to speak out for years, adding: “His fame, wealth and influence created a power imbalance which made me feel powerless.”
Another said she feared the sexual assault will “haunt me every day” and the process of reporting the incident “felt like a marathon I had not trained for”.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he would be “relentless in making whatever improvements we can” to provide more support for victims, including making sure there are rape and serious sexual offence teams in every police force.
It is understood Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy will summon media and entertainment bosses in the coming days to tell them the case must be a “line in the sand”, with a Government source telling The Times that Ms Nandy believes “responsibility has to lie with the people at the top”.
Sentencing Brand, Mr Justice Bennathan criticised the comedian’s “staggering arrogance” and said he had “become a sexual predator” during his rise to fame.
The judge said Brand harboured a “casual arrogant disregard to any woman’s right to say no to you” while his fame meant he believed “you could act when you liked and how you liked”.
Brand is expected to serve two-thirds of his prison sentence before being released on licence.
He will be on the sex offenders’ register for life.