Comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape, as well as two counts of sexual assault, relating to four separate women, the Metropolitan Police said.
He has denied the accusations.
It comes after detectives began investigating in September 2023 after receiving a number of allegations following reporting by Channel 4’s Dispatches and The Sunday Times.
Brand is charged with the rape of a woman in 1999 in the Bournemouth area and the oral rape and sexual assault of a woman in 2004 in the Westminster area of London.
He has also been charged with indecently assaulting a woman in 2001 and sexually assaulting another woman between 2004 and 2005 – both alleged to have taken place in Westminster, London.
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