Warner Bros. Discovery has reportedly advised a U.S. courtroom that it is able to hand over Arthur outtakes as a part of a civil sexual assault case in opposition to Russell Brand, in accordance with The Occasions of London.
Model and Warner Bros. have been sued in 2023 by an actress recognized as Jane Doe, who claimed that Model uncovered himself on the set of Arthur. She additionally alleged that Model adopted her into a rest room and assaulted her whereas a member of the manufacturing crew guarded the door. Model and Warner Bros., named as a defendant, deny wrongdoing.
Throughout a New York Supreme Court docket listening to final week, Patrick Lamparello, an lawyer for Warner Bros., supplied to reveal unseen footage from 2010 characteristic Arthur. Per The Occasions, he mentioned the corporate had “some hours of video outtake footage … 4 or 5 hours, it might be extra, round eight.” Warner Bros. Discovery has been approached for remark.
The listening to came about in the identical week that Model, 50, was charged by UK authorities with 5 counts of rape and sexual assault. He has been summoned to Westminster Magistrates’ Court docket on Might 2. Model mentioned final week that he has “by no means engaged in non-consensual exercise.”
Throughout the New York Supreme Court docket listening to, Model’s attorneys sought to delay the civil case, suggesting it may overlap with felony proceedings within the UK. The choose rejected the request.
Model’s lawyer, Mark Cuccaro, added that the previous actor and comic fears he may face felony proceedings within the U.S., although the Los Angeles Police Division doesn’t have an open investigation. Cuccaro mentioned Model had a “affordable perception felony prosecution is feasible within the U.S. primarily based on allegations tantamount to felony sexual misconduct occurring within the U.S., of which he has been falsely accused each by this civil plaintiff and several other others by the media.”
In an interview with The Sunday Times in 2023, Model’s Arthur accuser mentioned: “I felt used and abused. Disgusting is the one phrase. I felt like I used to be getting used, that I used to be simply an object for his momentary titillation.” She added: “Everybody normally turns a blind eye to unhealthy behaviour on a set. If I had come ahead and mentioned one thing to, say, even a manufacturing assistant on the set, what are they going to do? Are they going to fireside Russell Model, or are they going to fireside me?”
