Actor Russell Brand will no longer be able to make any money through his YouTube channel after the platform accused him of violating its “responsibility policy.”
The 48-year-old content creator typically makes around five videos a week for his 6.6 million subscribers; however, it looks like he won’t be able to make any more money from his videos because of the allegations against him.
Russell Brand May Lose Millions After YouTube Ad Suspension
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Russell Brand’s videos talk about everything from conspiracy theories to the Ukraine War, to climate change, to pandemics. In many of these videos, he claims that the news item that makes the headlines really interferes with what is “really” happening in the world.
According to the Daily Mail, the actor makes an estimated £1 million a year from his YouTube videos; however, that has now stopped in light of the allegations against him. Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse in several separate allegations between 2006 and 2013.
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At the time, he was starring in Hollywood blockbusters and working for the BBC and Channel 4. Brand has insisted that all the encounters were consensual and has vehemently denied the allegations against him.
A YouTube spokesperson told Deadline that they suspended ads on his channel and denied him “monetization” because he violated the company’s “creator responsibility policy.” A spokesperson said, “If creators’ off-platform behavior harms our users, employees or ecosystem, we take action to protect the community.”
Although his video will remain, he will not be able to make any money from it.
Met Police Report Another Allegation of Sexual Assault In 2003
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On Monday, the Met police reported that they had received other allegations against the actor as more women came forward to share their stories. According to the Daily Mail, law enforcement officials released a statement saying, “On Sunday, September 17, the Met received a report of an alleged sexual assault that took place in Soho in central London in 2003. Officers are in contact with the woman and will provide her with support.”
“We first spoke to The Sunday Times on Saturday, September 16, and have since made further approaches to The Sunday Times and Channel 4 to ensure that anyone who believes they have been the victim of a sexual offense knows how to report it to the police,” they continued, noting that the woman who spoke to the police did not speak to The Sunday Times.
Russell Brand Denied Allegations Before He Was Released
This is happening pic.twitter.com/N8zIKLbJN2
— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) September 15, 2023
In a video captioned “This is happening,” the “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” actress vehemently denied the allegations she faced. He spoke of the “very serious” criminal allegations against him but expressed shock at the “shocking” and “quite baroque” attack on his character.
“The relationship I’ve had has always been mutual,” Brand said in comments transcribed by Deadline. “I’ve always been transparent about it, almost too transparent. And I’m being transparent about it now.”
He said that his ability to speak his mind was being “metastasized to something criminal” and that there was a “serious and concerted agenda” to silence him because of the controversial nature of his YouTube videos.
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“It is clear to me, or at least I think, that there is a serious and integrated agenda to control this kind of space and voice,” he said. “I don’t mind them using my book and my stance to talk about my past promiscuous behavior. What I seriously dispute is the allegation of this very serious crime.”
The actor also claimed that he had witnesses with evidence that “directly contradicts the narrative that these two mainstream media outlets are trying to build,” calling Channel 4 and The Times newspaper.
The owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, Elon Musk, was one of the first to come to Brand’s defense, tweeting, “Of course. They don’t like competition” in the comments on his video. Other fans were quick to defend him, with Marauder Magazine sharing a quote from Plato, which read, “No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.”
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