British police said yesterday they had launched an investigation into a number of allegations of non-recent sexual offences following media reports that four women had accused actor and comedian Russell Brand of a string of sexual assaults.
Earlier this month, the Sunday Times newspaper and Channel 4 TV’s documentary show Dispatches reported the women had accused Brand, 48, of sex offences, including a rape, between 2006 and 2013. Brand has rejected the “very serious criminal allegations”, saying on his social media channels that he had never had non-consensual sex.
“Following an investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches and The Sunday Times, the Met has received a number of allegations of sexual offences in London,” London’s Metropolitan Police said.
“We have also received a number of allegations of sexual offences committed elsewhere in the country and will investigate these.”
Police declined to give details of the dates, the number of incidents, or the details of the offences under investigation.
However last week, in wake of the reports, the police did say they had received an allegation of a sexual assault reported to have taken place in Soho, central London, in 2003.
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