RUSSELL Brand has told fans that “there are things I absolutely cannot talk about” hours after he was accused of rape, sexual assault and battery.
He went ahead with a performance at Wembley Park Theater on Saturday night, despite a series of shocking allegations made by The Times.
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Russell Brand looked shaken as he left the Troubabour on Saturday night Credit: PA
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Russell Brand has been charged with rape, sexual assault and batteryCredit: James Curley
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Russell Brand arrives at Wembley Park TheatreCredit: Darren Fletcher
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The comedian posted a clip on YouTube on Saturday to deny the allegations before they were published
Five alleged victims claimed Brand assaulted them between 2006 and 2013 at the height of his fame.
Brand rejected all the accusations against him.
After the allegations surfaced, he broke his silence by performing in front of thousands of people.
Brand looked stern when he arrived at the venue in West London, but when he took to the stage he was greeted with applause and cheers from fans.
David Bowie’s Rebel Rebel was one of the songs played before the concert started.
Russell told the crowd: “I really appreciate your support. I love you.
“I want to make a fantastic show for you. I have a lot of things to talk to you about.
“Obviously there are some things I absolutely cannot talk about – and I appreciate your understanding.”
It comes as…
A man who looks like Brando walked past the stage a few minutes after it started.
Brand joked that the man looked like him and was a duplicate.
He jokingly said, “That might come in handy..”
The joke received a big round of applause.
Citizens held signs expressing their support for Brando.
Brand then launched into jokes that included profanity and talked about how he thinks the world in general is broken.
It came after the audience was told the star was running late – and the show was due to start at 7pm.
An announcement was played in the cinema: “Russell is stuck in traffic on the M40. The start will be closer to 19:40.
“He is 100 percent on his way. He looks forward to seeing you soon.”
Claims by Brando’s alleged victims range from rape to sexual assault to emotional and physical abuse.
The first claimed that the comedian raped her against a wall in his home in Los Angeles.
According to the woman, Brand apologized to her when she texted him “When the girl [says] no, means no” after she was treated at a rape crisis centre, saying he was “very sorry” and would “make it up to her with love and kindness”.
Another claimed he forced her to perform oral sex until she choked when she was just 16 and had to punch him in the stomach to get him to stop.
Brand would have been 31 years old then.
The girl, who has been given the pseudonym Alice, also claimed he called her “baby” during the three-month abusive relationship.
Russell Brand video transcript in full
Hello, you are amazing.
This is not the usual type of video we do on this channel where we criticize, attack and undermine the news in all its depravity because in this story I am the news.
I received two extremely disturbing letters – a letter and an email.
One from a mainstream media TV company, one from a newspaper, lists a litany of extremely outrageous and aggressive attacks as well as some pretty stupid stuff – like my community festival should be stopped, so I shouldn’t be able to attack mainstream media narratives on this channel .
But amid this litany of stunning, rather baroque, attacks are some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute. These accusations relate to when I was working in the mainstream – when I was in newspapers all the time, when I was in movies, and 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 now I’m transparent about it.
And when I see how that transparency has metastasized into something criminal that I absolutely deny, it makes me wonder if there is some other agenda at play?
Especially when we’ve seen coordinated media attacks before – like with Joe Rogan when he dared to take a drug that the mainstream media didn’t approve of and we’ve seen a series of headlines from outlets around the world using the same language.
I’m aware that you’ve been saying in the comments for a while now ‘Watch out Russell, they’re coming for you, you’ve come too close to the truth, Russell Brand didn’t kill himself’.
I know a year ago there was a flurry of ‘Russell Brand is a conspiracy theorist, the right wing of Russell Brand’ articles.
I am aware that the media are calling, sending letters to people I have known for years.
It was clear to me, or at least it seemed to me, that there was a serious and concerted plan to control these kinds of spaces and these kinds of voices, and I mean my voice along with your voice.
I don’t mind them using my books and my attitude to talk about my promiscuous consensual behavior in the past. What I seriously deny are these very very serious criminal charges.
It is also worth mentioning that there are witnesses whose evidence directly contradicts the narratives these two major media outlets are trying to construct in what appears to me to be a coordinated attack
I don’t want to go into this any further because of the serious nature of the allegations, but I feel like I’m under attack and it’s clear they’re working very closely together
Obviously we’re going to look into this matter because it’s very, very serious. In the meantime, I want you to stay close, stay awake, but more importantly than all of that if you can, please stay free.
She claimed he asked her to save his name in her phone as “Carly” and sent a car to pick her up from school and drive her to his house, she even claimed the taxi driver begged her not to go inside.
A third alleged victim, who said she worked with Brando, claimed he sexually assaulted her before threatening legal action if she spoke out.
And the fourth woman accused him of sexually assaulting her, as well as emotionally and physically abusing her.
A fifth, Jordan Martin, previously wrote in a book about the alleged abuse she suffered in February 2007.
She claims he subjected her to emotional and sexual abuse and made her brush her teeth so hard that her gums bled.
The women don’t know each other and felt compelled to speak out because of Brando’s rise as an online influencer.
Brand denied all the allegations against him overnight, before they were published, characterizing them as “aggressive attacks”.
The actor posted a video on YouTube in which he said he “absolutely denies” the claims and that his previous relationships had “always been consensual”.
While admitting he was “promiscuous” at the height of his fame, he vehemently denied any criminal aspect to his behaviour.
Lawsuits against Brando
- Woman 1: Claims that Brand raped her in his home in Los Angeles
- Woman 2: Claims Brand forced her to perform oral sex when she was just 16 years old
- Woman 3: Claims Brand sexually assaulted her in LA and threatened legal action if she spoke up.
- Woman 4: Claims that Brand sexually assaulted her and physically and emotionally abused her
- Jordan Martin: Jordan was in a six-month relationship with Brando, who she claims made her brush her teeth so hard her gums bled to taste “anonymous” and sexually assaulted her one night in a hotel room
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Four women accused the star of rape, sexual assault and abuse
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Brand denied the allegations in a YouTube video
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