Russell Brand faces sexual misconduct claims from six more women

Russell Brand, sentenced to 10½ years in prison after being convicted of rape and sexually assaulting three women, faces sexual misconduct allegations from six additional women, according to an investigation by The Times and The Sunday Times. The allegations have not been tested in court and include claims that he had sex with a woman without her consent, continued after another woman asked him to stop because she was in pain, and tried to pull a woman into a lavatory in 2015. One accuser says Brand later described an alleged encounter as consensual, while another says he apologized after sex she says was non-consensual. The women reportedly came forward after earlier reporting in 2023 prompted a police investigation, and some say Brand approached them at comedy shows. Brand has denied wrongdoing and maintained that his relationships were consensual.