Russell Brand, a British comedian, has been accused of sexual assault by four women. The allegations were published in a Channel 4 television documentary and The Times and Sunday Times newspapers.
Brand denies the allegations.
British police have said that they have received a sexual assault allegation against Brand.
Promoters have postponed the remaining dates of live gigs by the comedian. A talent agency and a publisher have also parted company with Brand over the claims.
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The accusers, who have not been named, include one who said she was sexually assaulted during a relationship with him when she was 16 and another says Brand raped her in Los Angeles in 2012, according to The Associated Press.
According to the AP, London’s Metropolitan Police force said that since the allegations were made public it had received “a report of a sexual assault which was alleged to have taken place in Soho in central London in 2003.”
That is three years before the earliest of the alleged assaults reported by the British media outlets.
The police force said “officers are in contact with the woman and will be providing her with support.” It did not identify the alleged perpetrator as Brand, but referred to the newspaper and TV allegations in its statement. Police urged “anyone who believes they may have been a victim of a sexual offence, no matter how long ago it was, to contact us.”
Brand, 48, denies allegations of sexual assault made by four women in a Channel 4 television documentary and The Times and Sunday Times newspapers.
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