Police send Russell Brand file to CPS to consider charges

Detectives investigating Russell Brand implicit allegations of humanities enactment offences person sent prosecutors a record of grounds truthful they tin see bringing charges.

Brand has been interviewed 3 times by constabulary since an probe by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4's Dispatches successful September 2023 revealed allegations of rape, intersexual assaults and affectional maltreatment against the comedian and actor.

The incidents are said to person occurred betwixt 2006 and 2013, erstwhile Brand held respective high-profile jobs, including astatine Channel 4 and BBC Radio 2.

He has antecedently denied the allegations, calling them "very, precise hurtful".

The Metropolitan Police said successful a connection connected Saturday it had received a fig of reports of intersexual offences from women pursuing the archetypal Channel 4 and Sunday Times investigation.

As portion of its investigation, it said, "a antheral successful his 40s had been interviewed by officers nether caution connected 3 abstracted occasions".

"A record of grounds has present been passed to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for their consideration," the unit added.

The CPS confirmed it has been handed a record by police, truthful it tin see charges successful narration to allegations of humanities enactment offences by a 49-year-old man.

The allegations against Brand travel from a seven-year period erstwhile helium was astatine the tallness of his fame - hosting nationalist tv and vigor programmes, and starring successful Hollywood films.

Other claims made arsenic portion of the probe subordinate to Brand's allegedly controlling, abusive and predatory behaviour.

The BBC has antecedently said it received 5 complaints astir the comedian's behaviour portion helium hosted vigor shows astatine the corporation.

Earlier this twelvemonth Channel 4 apologised for missing a complaint made against Brand successful 2009. Production institution Banijay UK besides apologised, saying informal concerns raised astir the presenter portion helium hosted Big Brother spin-off programmes were "not decently escalated oregon adequately addressed".

Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy, whose squad is starring the investigation, said: "We person a squad of dedicated officers providing specializer enactment to the women who person travel forward."

"We are committed to investigating intersexual offences, nary substance however agelong agone they are alleged to person taken place," helium added.

In an online interrogation earlier this year, the comedian said it was "very, precise painful" to beryllium accused of "what I see to beryllium the astir appalling crimes".