British broadcaster the BBC has revealed that it received five complaints about Russell Brand while the comedian and actor worked at the organisation.
Brand is the subject of multiple abuse complaints from women. He has denied the allegations and said any sexual encounters were consensual.
The star came to prominence as a stand up comic and British TV and radio presenter. He then had starring roles in several Hollywood movies including Get Him to the Greek and the Arthur remake. However, in recent years, he has chiefly been a presenter on social media where he has disccused politics and conspiracy theories.
Between 2006 and 2008 Brand presented shows on BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music.
Of the five complaints, two have been reported since a scandal erupted over Brand’s alleged behaviour in September. The BBC said they were not of a “serious sexual nature” in nature but related to workplace conduct.
Three other complaints were made prior to September’s allegations which were published in UK newspaper The Times and on Channel 4 current affairs program Dispatches.
One was lodged in 2019 when the star allegedly exposed himself to a woman in a BBC office in Los Angeles.
Another two relate to his time at BBC Radio.
The allegations published by The Times and Dispatches centred on four women who accused him of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse. Since then further allegations have been made.
The BBC said that claims had been made to it that teenage girls were driven to Brand’s home in cars belonging to the organisation.
However the broadcaster said it had been unable to verify those claims because information on who was in the vehicles is no longer available.
“This means that we have not been able to identify the precise details of this or any records or details of specific journeys or bookings made for Russell Brand,” the public broadcaster said.
In the Los Angeles incident a woman told the BBC that she went to the bathroom which was located near the radio studio where Brand was pre recording a show.
She claimed Brand had followed her in and allegedly said: “I’m gonna f*** you”.
Though she claimed she responded, “No, you’re not,” Brand allegedly “pulled out his flaccid penis on his hand and served it to [her] as if you would be serving someone some food”.
She allegedly repeatedly told him, “No, you’re not going to f*** me,” but admitted that there was “a bit of banter going on” because she “didn’t know what to do”.
She said he eventually put his penis back in his pants, at which point she noticed that “the door was closed behind him” – though she wasn’t sure “whether he locked it or not”.
Soon after, she said someone from Brand’s team started “banging” on the door to let him know he was “wanted in the radio studio”.
During the subsequent radio show, Brand laughed at how he had showed his penis to a woman just 25 minutes beforehand.
The BBC was informed of the claims in 2019 but she said that no formal action was taken.
Russell Brand has steadfastly remained his innocence.
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He made a detailed statement and commented on the claims in September.
“These allegations pertain to the time when I was working in the mainstream, when I was in the newspapers all the time, when I was in the movies. And as I’ve written about extensively in my books, I was very, very promiscuous,” he said in a YouTube video.
“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 I am being transparent about it now as well.”
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