Comedian Russell Brand, Katy Perry’s Ex-Husband, Charged With Rape & Assault Of Four Women In U.K.

British comedian Russell Brand has been charged with rape, oral rape, indecent assault and sexual assault of four different women.

On April 4, London’s Metropolitan Police Service announced on their website that the Crown Prosecution Service authorized them to charge a man following an investigation that Channel 4 launched in September 2023.

The investigation started after Brand was accused of rape, sexual abuse and emotional abuse by five women between 2006 and 2013. These accusations, which Brand has denied, were part of a report published by Channel 4 and the London Sunday Times.

Brand is the ex-husband of pop star Katy Perry.

The Metropolitan Police charged the comedian in connection to one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, one count of oral rape and two counts of sexual assault.

According to the Metropolitan Police’s website, a woman was raped by Brand in the Bournemouth area in 1999. Two years later, he indecently assaulted a woman in the Westminster area of London. In 2004, a woman was orally raped and sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London. At some point between 2004 and 2005, a woman was sexually assaulted in the Westminster area of London.

“The women who have made reports continue to receive support from specially trained officers,” Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy, who is in charge of the investigation, declared in a statement. “The Met’s investigation remains open, and detectives ask anyone who has been affected by this case, or anyone who has any information, to come forward and speak with police.”

Brand is set to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in May to face the charges.