Comedian and actor Russell Brand has denied any criminal wrongdoing, as British media reported on Saturday that four women had accused him of sexual assaults, including rape, during a seven-year period when he was at the height of his fame. - REUTERS
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00:00 Comedian and actor Russell Brand faces allegations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse
00:07 spanning seven years at the peak of his fame.
00:10 The claims against the former husband of US singer Katy Perry emerged from a joint investigation
00:15 by Britain's The Times and the Sunday Times newspapers, as well as the Channel 4 TV documentary
00:20 show Dispatchers.
00:23 Hours before the first newspaper report was published online on Saturday, the 48-year-old
00:29 posted on social media a pre-emptive denial to unspecified, very serious criminal allegations.
00:36 These allegations pertain to the time when I was working in the mainstream, when I was
00:39 in the newspapers all the time, when I was in the movies.
00:42 As I've written about extensively in my books, I was very, very promiscuous.
00:46 Now during that time of promiscuity, the relationships I had were absolutely always consensual.
00:51 The report said the alleged incidents took place between 2006 and 2013, involving four
00:57 women.
00:58 One of the women alleged rape, while another accused Brand of assaulting her when she was
01:02 16 and still at school, when Brand was 31.
01:06 The report did not say if any of the women had made complaints to the police.
01:11 Brand was one of Britain's most high-profile comedians, who also acted in several Hollywood
01:16 films.
01:17 In recent years, he's turned his focus to online projects and has a large following
01:21 for his podcasts and shows on social media.
01:24 Reuters was unable to reach Brand's representatives for further response after the report was
01:29 published.
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