Russell Brand has been accused of sexual misconduct by six additional women in light of his rape conviction.
A Thursday, November 12, report by the Times of London claims that Brand, 51, had nonconsensual sex with multiple women. He is also accused of attempting to coerce a separate victim into a bathroom by arguing their interaction was consensual.
Per The Times, Brand’s new accusers had been attendees at his comedy shows who subsequently felt afraid to contact the police. They reportedly decided to come forward now in solidarity with the women who testified during his trial.
Brand, who has long maintained his innocence and entered a not guilty plea, was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault and one count of rape earlier this month. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
“I’m good, I’m good,” Brand mouthed to his legal team in the courtroom after the verdict was rendered.
The disgraced comedian had been accused of sexual assault, rape and emotional abuse by multiple women between 1999 to 2013. He long refuted the accusations.
“I’ve received two extremely disturbing letters, or a letter and an email, one from a mainstream media TV company [and] one from a newspaper, listing a litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks,” Brand said in a September 2023 social media video. “As well as some pretty stupid stuff, like my community festival should be stopped, that I shouldn’t be able to attack mainstream media narratives on this channel, but amidst this litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks, are some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute.”
He continued at the time, “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. I was always transparent about that then — almost too transparent. And I’m being transparent about it now as well. And to see that transparency metastasized into something criminal that I absolutely deny makes me question [if] there is another agenda at play?”
Brand vehemently denied the “very, very, serious criminal allegations.”
Amid the scandal, Brand’s wife, Laura Gallacher, has stood by his side. (Brand and Gallacher, who got married in 2017, share three children.)
Gallacher, 39, testified in the proceedings, calling Brand a “wonderful father” and an “amazingly attentive husband.”
“The way he treats me is to really know me,” she said. “I feel very seen by him, in a way I’ve never experienced before. I love him very much.”
Their marriage even played a factor into the judge’s verdict of the actor’s sentence.
“Given how long ago these offenses were committed and the evidence of your wife, I accept there is no sound evidential basis for me to conclude you pose a risk for the future,” the judge said on Monday, November 9, per court docs obtained by Us.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
