The Metropolitan Police have confirmed they are assessing further information as part of ongoing inquiries into Russell Brand, after additional potential criminal allegations were made against the convicted rapist. Several people have contacted the investigation team during and since the conclusion of the 51-year-old's rape and sexual assault case.
According to a police spokesman, those who have come forward have either provided further information or reported a potential criminal allegation. The spokesman said: "Several people have contacted the investigation team during and since the trial to provide information or report a potential criminal allegation. Detectives are assessing this information as part of their ongoing enquiries."
Conviction and Sentencing
Brand has spent five nights behind bars since being convicted of one rape and three sexual assaults. On Monday, after a four-week trial, he was handed a 10-and-a-half-year jail term at Southwark Crown Court.
The disgraced comedian showed no emotion as the custodial sentence was handed down, but told his wife, Laura Brand, formerly Gallacher, "we'll be OK" before being taken downstairs by dock officers.
Further Allegations Emerge
Since the sentencing, Brand has been accused of further violence by his former partner Jemima Goldsmith. In a post on X hours after the hearing, Ms Goldsmith claimed she had to call the police to have him removed from her house during a "violent incident".
Ms Goldsmith, who reportedly dated Brand for a year in 2014, wrote that she has her own experience of his "violence, coercive control and abuse" and has neither seen nor spoken to the convicted rapist since that period.
Trial Details and Victim Statements
Brand was convicted on Thursday of raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three TV and radio workers between 2004 and 2009. Defence barrister Ian Winter KC argued Brand's crimes were a consequence of the level of fame he was acquiring, noting the final offence "happened very shortly after" Brand met his former wife, singer Katy Perry.
Four victim impact statements were delivered to the court. One victim described Brand as "a sexual predator who has no remorse for how his behaviour has impacted my life". She told the court his fame had left her afraid to speak out for years, adding: "His fame, wealth and influence created a power imbalance which made me feel powerless."
Another said she feared the sexual assault will "haunt me every day" and that the process of reporting the incident "felt like a marathon I had not trained for".
Judge's Remarks and Sentence
Sentencing Brand, Mr Justice Bennathan criticised the comedian's "staggering arrogance" and said he had "become a sexual predator" during his rise to fame. The judge said Brand harboured a "casual arrogant disregard to any woman's right to say no to you" while his fame meant he believed "you could act when you liked and how you liked".
Brand is expected to serve two-thirds of his prison sentence before being released on licence. He will be on the sex offenders' register for life.
