Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault

The Metropolitan Police have charged comedian and YouTuber Russell Brand with rape and two counts of sexual assault, which allegedly took place between 1999 and 2005.

The Met say the 50-year-old, of Oxfordshire, has been charged with five counts in relation to four women. These are:

• One count of rape
• One count of indecent assault
• One count of oral rape
• Two counts of sexual assault

  The force state Brand is alleged to have raped a woman in the Bournemouth area in 1999 and orally raped and sexually assaulted a woman in Westminster in 2004.

  Also in Westminster, Brand is alleged to have indecently assaulted a woman in 2001 and between 2004 and 2005 sexually assaulted a woman.

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