Actor Russell Brand accused of rape and multiple aggressions in the United Kingdom

• The British police have filed charges against the actor and comedian Russell Brand, 50, for rape and multiple sexual assaults, in relation to complaints that occurred between 1999 and 2005.
• According to a statement from the Metropolitan Police, Brand, a resident in Oxfordshire, faces positions that include violation, indecent aggression, oral rape and sexual assault. Accusations come from four different women.
• The investigation is still open, and the authorities have called anyone who has been affected or has relevant information to be presented to declare.
• In 2023, journalistic investigations of «The Sunday Times» and «Dispatches» of Channel 4, had stated that several women had denounced sexual assaults by Russell Brand.
• Russell Brand has denied these accusations, arguing that his sexual encounters were always of a consensual character.
• The case is now in the hands of the competent authorities.