Russell Brand Denies Sexual Assault Allegations

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00:00 Russell Brand is denying sexual assault allegations made against him.

00:04 In a video posted to his social media accounts, the Forgetting Sarah Marshall star said he

00:08 quote "absolutely refutes" the sexual assault claims and said his relationships have all

00:14 been consensual.

00:15 The video comes as a result of a joint investigation published by the Times of London, the Sunday

00:20 Times and Channel 4 Dispatches that reports multiple women have accused Brand of sexual

00:25 assaults including rape.

00:32 Brand went on to address the time frame of the allegations.

01:02 "These allegations pertain to the time when I was working in the mainstream, when I was

01:07 in the newspapers all the time, when I was in the movies, and as I've written about extensively

01:11 in my books, I was very, very promiscuous.

01:14 Now during that time of promiscuity, the relationships I had were absolutely always consensual.

01:19 I was always transparent about that then, almost too transparent, and I'm being transparent

01:24 about it now as well.

01:26 And to see that transparency metastasized into something criminal that I absolutely

01:31 deny makes me question, is there another agenda at play?"

01:36 The actor continued by speculating that the allegations are a quote "agenda to control

01:40 his voice".

01:41 "I don't mind them using my books and my stand up to talk about my promiscuous, consensual

01:45 conduct in the past.

01:47 What I seriously refute are these very, very serious criminal allegations.

01:53 Also it's worth mentioning that there are witnesses whose evidence directly contradicts

01:57 the narratives that these two mainstream media outlets are trying to construct, apparently

02:02 in what seems to me to be a coordinated attack.

02:06 Now I don't want to get into this any further because of the serious nature of the allegations,

02:11 but I feel like I'm being attacked and plainly they are working very closely together."

02:17 Channel 4, The Times and The Sunday Times aired a special on Saturday night titled "Russell

02:22 Brand in Plain Sight", which features women who allege that Brand has raped, sexually

02:26 assaulted or abused them, allegations he denies.

02:31 NBC News has not independently confirmed any of the allegations against Brand and an attorney

02:36 for the star declined to comment on the allegations when reached out by NBC News.

02:41 Thanks for watching!