Russell Brand Charged With More Counts of Rape and Sexual Assault

Russell Brand has been charged with further offences.

London’s Metropolitan Police said Tuesday that the disgraced comedian, actor and TV host had been issued with two additional charges: one count of rape and one count of sexual assault.

The allegations relate to two further women on top of the previous charges against the “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” star, which included two of rape, one of indecent assault and two of sexual assault.

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Brand will now appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Jan. 20 in relation to the additional charges.

Earlier this year, Brand appeared in London’s Southwark Crown Court and pleaded not guilty to the previous charges. The allegations, involving four women, relate to incidents that occurred between 1999 and 2005. The trial for these charges is due to start on June 3, 2026. He will remain on conditional bail until then.

“The women who have made reports, including those connected to the two new charges, continue to receive support from specially trained officers,” said the Met Police’s detective chief inspector Tariq Farooqi in relation to the new allegations. Farooqi added that the Met’s investigation, first launched after the police received several allegations in the wake of a major expose in 2023 from both Channel 4’s “Dispatches” documentary series and The Sunday Times, “remains ongoing,” and urged anyone affected by the case or with information to come forward.

The 2023 expose saw Brand accused of “rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse.” A rep for the show said that “Five women, four of whom asked to remain anonymous, agreed to share their stories of serious sexual allegations in the program.”

Just months after the expose ran, Brand converted to Christianity and has been outspoken about his new faith. Last year he prayed on stage with Tucker Carlson and later Jordan Petersen at events in the U.S.