Six more women have accused Russell Brand of sexual misconduct in a new investigation by The Times and The Sunday Times, the newspapers whose earlier reporting on the comedian features in Netflix’s just-unveiled documentary “Russell Brand: Open Secret.”
\n\nThe accounts were published days after Brand was jailed for rape and sexual assault. The papers could not report them while his criminal case was ongoing, because of the risk of prejudicing the trial.
\n\nBrand did not respond to the new allegations. The papers said they reached out through his lawyers following his conviction, and that his lawyer reportedly mentioned the possibility of “injunctive relief” but sent no answer to the claims, even after being granted more time. Brand has denied wrongdoing in the past and has insisted that all his relationships were consensual.
\n\nAccording to The Times, the paper took “extensive steps” to corroborate what the women said, and none of them received payment.
\n\nThe new allegations stretch from 2005 to 2015. The earliest comes from a woman, then in her mid-20s, whom Brand approached that year.
\n\n“Please I just need to have sex with you, I will pay you,” she said he told her.
\n\nAfter winning a BBC 6 Music…
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