Russell Brand, the comedian and TV presenter who is already serving a prison sentence, has been accused of sexual misconduct by six more women in a report published by The Times and The Sunday Times. The new claims follow his convictions after a trial at Southwark Crown Court for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others, for which he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to one report, or 10-and-a-half years according to another.

Among the allegations is that a 19-year-old woman, named as Vicky, said he continued having sex with her after she asked him to stop because she was in pain. She said she had consensual sex with him twice before the alleged incident. Another woman, named as Alex, who dated Brand in the late 2000s, alleged that he had sex with her without a condom despite her telling him to stop, and that she chose not to fight for fear of what he might do; she said he apologised to her twice. Alex also described a professional meeting at his London home in which she was his employee and he behaved in an unusually submissive and affectionate way.S1S2

Other allegations include that Zoe accused him of penetrating her with his finger after he invited her to his hotel following a show in San Francisco in 2013, that Rosie, who met him in 2006, said he asked her to lick a lavatory seat after they had sex, and that Louise said he tried to get her into the disabled lavatory of a London venue where she worked before grabbing her forcefully. One woman said he told her afterwards: "Tonight was consensual. Nobody did anything they didn't want to do."S1S2

The allegations could not be published until the criminal proceedings concluded, over concerns that earlier reporting could prejudice the trial. Most of the women came forward after a September 2023 investigation, which led the Metropolitan Police to bring charges involving six women. Brand was acquitted of two rape charges and one count of attempted indecent assault. He has previously denied all wrongdoing and maintained that his sexual relationships were consensual. His lawyer initially indicated he would consider seeking injunctive relief and asked for more time to respond, but a subsequently agreed deadline passed without a reply.S2