YouTube said on Tuesday that Russell Brand will no longer make money from the video streaming site after several women made allegations of sexual assault against the influential comedian.
YouTube said monetization of the Brand account, which has 6.6 million subscribers, has been suspended “following serious allegations against the creator.”
“This decision applies to all channels that may be owned or operated by Russell Brand,” the Google-owned video service said.
The suspension means Brands will not be able to earn money from ads that run in and alongside the YouTube videos, which have titles including “What REALLY Started the Hawaii Fires?” and “Covid Tsar Admits Lockdown Was NEVER About Science.”
Other channels linked to Brand’s main YouTube page include Awakening With Russell, which has 426,000 subscribers, Football Is Nice, which has about 20,000 subscribers, and Staying Free With Russell Brand, which has 22,200 subscribers.
Russell Brand addressed the allegations made against him in a YouTube video on his channel.Youtube
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Brand still has a presence on Rumble, a video site popular with some conservative and right-wing groups, where his channel has 1.4 million followers.
He also has 11.2 million followers on X, formerly known as Twitter, and 3.8 million on Instagram.
Brand, 48, denied allegations of sexual assault made by four women in a Channel 4 television documentary and The Times and Sunday Times newspapers.
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 was treated at a rape crisis center the same day, according to medical records cited by the outlet.
- Another accuser who was 16 at the time, known only by the pseudonym “Alice”, claimed that the 31-year-old called her a “child” and assaulted her during their three-month “emotional abuse and control”. relationship, according to the report.
- Allegations from Brand’s other accusers include a woman, identified as “Phoebe,” who claims he sexually assaulted her at his West Hollywood property after they met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, according to the Times of London. Brand traps her in the bedroom and chases after her before pinning her down and attacking 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” in Pishill, Britain, has been temporarily closed and the BBC has officially launched a review into the comedian’s time on the network.
The accusers, who have not been named, include one who says she was sexually assaulted during a relationship with him when she was 16. Another woman said Brand raped her in Los Angeles in 2012.
The four allegations date between 2006 and 2013. London’s Metropolitan Police force said since the allegations were made public, it had received separate reports of sexual assault dating back to 2003.
Known for his wild and risqué stand-up routines, Brand was a major UK star in the early 2000s.
He hosted shows on radio and television, wrote a memoir chronicling his struggles with drugs and alcohol, appeared in several Hollywood films and was briefly married to pop star Katy Perry between 2010 and 2012.
In recent years, Brand has largely disappeared from the mainstream media but has built a large following online with videos that mix health and conspiracy theories.
His YouTube channel has featured COVID-19 conspiracy theories, vaccine misinformation and interviews with controversial broadcasters, including Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan.
Brand leaves the Troubabour Wembley Park theater in northwest London after performing a comedy set on September 16, 2023.AP
He has also continued to tour as a comedian, performing to hundreds of people in London venues on Saturdays.
He was due to perform on Tuesday in Windsor, west London, but promoters said the remainder of the tour was postponed following the allegations.
Brand has also been dropped by his talent agency and producer since the allegations became public.
Ellie Tomsett, senior lecturer in media and communication at Birmingham City University, said it was too early to tell whether the allegations would end Brand’s comedy career.
“I think there’s definitely a market for ‘outsider’ comedians … or people who want to position themselves as some way or alternative to the current understanding of gender equality,” she said.
“So I think in the long run, will it affect his career as much as we expect? Maybe not.”
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