Russell Brand Faces New Rape And Sexual Assault Charges, Police Say

Prosecutors filed two new charges of rape and sexual assault were against Tuesday against British actor and comedian Russell Brand, police said.

Authorities have now charged Brand with counts related to six women following police investigations, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).

“These new charges are in relation to two further women and are in addition to the charges issued to Brand in April 2025 which involved four women,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Brand is set to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Jan. 20 over the two additional charges.

British actor and comedian Russell Brand departs Westminster Magistrates Court in London on May 2, 2025. British comedian and actor Russell Brand was on Friday bailed by a London court after he appeared to face five charges of rape and other sexual offences. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP) (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL/AFP via Getty Images)

The famous actor and comedian pleaded not guilty in May to five charges that included one rape count, one oral rape count, two sexual assault counts and one indecent assault count. The alleged acts unfolded from 1999 to 2005.

Brand is expected to attend trial June 16 at Southwark Crown Court on the five previous charges.

One of the alleged victims alleged Brand raped her inside a hotel room after an event in the southern Bournemouth region of Britain in 1999. Another claimed she was orally raped and sexually assaulted in London back in 2004.

Brand addressed the public in a video shared April 4 on X shortly after he was officially charged.

“I was a fool before I lived in the light of the Lord. I was a drug addict, a sex addict and an imbecile, but what I never was was a rapist,” he said in his own defense.

“I’ve never engaged in non-consensual activity,” he said in the video.

Detective Chief Inspector Tariq Farooqi said the alleged victims “continue to receive support from specially trained officers,” and urged “anyone affected by this case, or anyone with information, to come forward,” as part of the active investigation. (RELATED: ‘Globalist Stooge’: Russell Brand Slams Katy Perry’s Romance With Justin Trudeau)

Brand, formerly married to pop star Katy Perry, reinvented himself as a conservative activist followed by millions of people on social media. He said he was Christian after receiving a baptism in the Thames river and routinely posts motivational meditation videos online.