BBC responds to damning Russell Brand allegations
The BBC has shared that they are "urgently looking" into a series of sexual assault allegations against comedian and actor Russell Brand.
The allegations from several women emerged after Channel 4's Dispatches program aired a bombshell documentary about the alleged assaults.
The documentary, which was a years-long joint investigation between Channel 4 and the Times, has accused Brand of rape and sexual assaults between the years of 2006 and 2013.
Brand has denied all the allegations and said all of his relationships have been consensual.
Some of the alleged incidents raised by the women in the documentary occurred while Brand, 48, was working at BBC radio stations between 2006 and 2008.
The BBC say they are "urgently looking into the issues raised" by allegations about Russell Brand in the #C4Dispatches documentary, Russell Brand: In Plain Sight.
The production company Banijay UK and Channel 4 have also said they are launching their own internal investigations. pic.twitter.com/937IBnPnOJ
— Channel 4 Dispatches (@C4Dispatches) September 17, 2023
A BBC spokesperson said in a statement, "The documentary and associated reports contained serious allegations, spanning a number of years."
"Russell Brand worked on BBC radio programmes between 2006 and 2008 and we are urgently looking into the issues raised."
Mr Brand resigned from the BBC programs in 2008 following public uproar over a on-air prank, when he made prank calls to actor Andrew Sachs with offensive comments about the actor's granddaughter.
Channel 4's production company has also launched an "urgent" internal investigation into the allegations.
In response to the damning allegations, Dame Caroline Dinenage, who chairs the House of Commons media committee, said, "We will be closely monitoring the responses of the media, especially our public service broadcasters, to these allegations, and looking at the questions that this, yet again, raises about the culture in the industry as a whole."
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