Russell Brand is being sued over sexual abuse allegations in a lawsuit filed in London’s Excessive Courtroom, the first-known lawsuit introduced towards him within the UK.
The Sun newspaper reports that an anonymous claimant on February 6 lodged a personal injury sexual abuse case for damages.
It comes after London’s Metropolitan Police handed proof to the Crown Prosecution Service.
It’s the first-known lawsuit to land within the UK because the comic turned on-line broadcaster confronted allegations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse, courting between 2006 and 2013, by 4 separate girls in a joint Sunday Occasions/Channel 4 Dispatches investigation.
When the outcomes of the investigation have been revealed, Model denied all claims towards him, saying that he had by no means participated in non-consensual sexual behaviour, and the allegations have been a part of an institution smear marketing campaign towards him.
Model lately moved from the UK to the US, the place he faces separate civil sexual assault claims, particularly that he uncovered himself to a girl in the course of the filming of the comedy Arthur in 2010. Model denies the declare.
In February, it was reported that the previous comic had shut down his dependancy and psychological well being charity within the UK.
The Sun newspaper reported that the national Charity Commission was told back in September 2024 that the comic turned on-line guru’s Keep Free Basis “now not operates,” and was faraway from the official register of charities final month.
Model based the charity following his personal restoration from heroin dependancy in 2003. He was a frequent advocate for well being companies to supply extra assist for addicts, and in 2013 made a documentary concerning the topic for the BBC.
