Russell Brand has asked fans to turn their moral support into financial support as he feels the pressure after being accused of raping and sexually assaulting four women, including a 16-year-old.
The scandal-plagued actor, 48, is urging his followers to shell out $60 a year to become paid subscribers on Rumble — a video app that rivals YouTube, and is clearly committed to free speech.
The cheeky request comes just hours after London’s Metropolitan Police force launched a full-scale investigation into “several allegations of sexual misconduct” against Brand, which he has vehemently denied.
But the comedian claimed it was nothing more than a conspiracy to silence him and “the voice of the independent media.”
“You now know that I’ve been debited on YouTube,” he said on Monday night’s Rumble, referring to the platform suspending his ability to earn cash following the allegations against him. “Fully aware that the government wrote to social media platforms to demand that I be censored further.”
Russell Brand has asked for moral support from fans to turn into financial support.Russell Brand / Rumble
“The global media war against free speech is raging, how do I know? Guess what,” he continued.
“Today, of course, we are talking about the events of the past week but, in particular, the collusion between big tech and government and the apparent concerted effort by legacy and now state media and big tech to silence the voice of independent media.”
“Obviously, it’s hard for me to be completely objective given the events of the past week but that’s what we’re going to try to do,” added the “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” star.
The actor, 48, urges his followers to shell out $60 each year to become a paying subscriber on Rumble.Russell Brand / Rumble
“What we see here is a set of cooperating institutions that have an agenda, and are pursuing that agenda, even if in doing so they have to circumvent, obstruct, or completely ignore existing judicial or regulatory bodies by moving directly to punish. steps,” he shared.
On Monday, Scotland Yard — which houses the Metropolitan Police — announced that it had launched a police investigation into the allegations made against Brand in London, as well as across the UK.
The Met Police said all the allegations were not recent, and Brand – who maintains his innocence – has not been charged with anything.
Brand has been accused of raping and sexually assaulting four women, including a 16-year-old teenager. Getty Images for The Recording Academy
“Following investigations by Channel 4’s Dispatches and The Sunday Times, the Met has received a number of allegations of sexual offenses in London,” the police force said in a statement to The Post.
“We have also received several allegations of sexual offenses committed elsewhere in the country and will investigate these matters.”
The Post has reached out to Brand’s representatives for comment.
The comedian claimed the police investigation was nothing more than a conspiracy to silence him and “the voice of the independent media.” Russell Brand / Rumble
Last week, the Met said it had received a report of alleged sexual assault from 2003 and was encouraging others to come forward.
A few days later, Brand posted another video on social media in which he pleaded for his fans’ support after what he described as a “sad week.”
Alleged sexual assault of Brand Russell
Russell Brand is accused of raping, sexually assaulting and abusing four women over a seven-year period from 2006 to 2013.
- A woman, identified as “Nadia,” claims the “Get Him To the Greek” star raped her against the wall of her Los Angeles home in 2012 and that she was treated at a rape crisis center the same day, according to medical records cited. by news channels.
- Another accuser, who was 16 at the time and known only by the pseudonym “Alice”, claimed the 31-year-old called her “child” and assaulted her during their three-month “emotionally abusive and controlling” relationship, according to the report.
- A woman identified as “Phoebe” claims he sexually assaulted her at her West Hollywood property after they met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, according to the Times of London. Brand allegedly trapped her in a bedroom and chased her before pinning her down and assaulting her.
- The star’s ex-girlfriend Jordan Martin made similar accusations in her 2014 self-published book “kNot: Entanglement with a Celebrity.” She claims he sexually assaulted her at the Lowry Hotel in Manchester, England, after becoming angry that she was talking to an ex-boyfriend in 2007.
- Pop star Dannii Minogue angrily labeled Russell Brand a “vicious predator” as early as 2006 – accusing him of creeping her out by eyeing her “great breasts” and refusing to “take no for an answer”.
Russell Brand has faced several allegations of sexual assault, but the actor has denied allegations that the relationship was consensual.WireImage
Brand denied the allegations in a video on YouTube and X, previously Twitter, alerting fans to the “serious criminal” allegations he said would be made against him.
“Amidst this spectacular, somewhat baroque attack, there are some very serious allegations that I completely dispute,” Branded shared. “The relationships I have are really, really consensual.”
While the investigation continues, YouTube has suspended Brand from making money on the video streaming site, his pub “Crown Inn,” located in Pishill, Britain, has been temporarily closed and the BBC has officially launched a review into the comedian’s time on the network.
“Obviously, it’s been an incredible and sad week and I’m so grateful for your support and questioning the information you’ve been given,” Katy Perry’s ex-husband said on Friday.
“By now, you may be aware that the British government has asked the big tech platforms to censor our online content and some online platforms have complied with that request,” he added.
Last week, Brand uploaded a video to address “some very serious allegations that I absolutely deny.”
“The relationship I’ve had has been really, really mutual,” claims the actor and comedian.
Brand went on to say the allegations stemmed from a time when he was “very, very promiscuous,” which he said he wrote “about extensively in my book.”
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