Russell Brand's Twitter page is still topped by the slogan 'Stay Free' as he faces rape and sex assault charges

Comedian Russell Brand's Twitter leafage is inactive topped by the slogan 'Stay Free' aft helium was charged with 5 enactment offences against 4 women including rape.

Brand, 49, has the words, which are besides the sanction of his weekday podcast, emblazoned astatine the apical of his profile, with an representation stating: 'Russell Brand Stay Free'.

It comes arsenic helium was contiguous charged with 1 number each of rape, indecent battle and oral rape, arsenic good arsenic 2 counts of intersexual assault, relating to 4 abstracted women betwixt 1999 and 2005.

Despite the charges, Brand has not yet made immoderate nationalist statement, though is inactive advertizing the Stay Free podcast arsenic unrecorded connected Rumble connected weekdays.

On the podcast, Brand discusses news-making issues of the day, specified arsenic the evident ousting of Elon Musk from Donald Trump's interior circle, the Netflix play Adolescence, and Kanye West.

Detectives began an probe aft Brand was accused of rape, intersexual assaults and affectional maltreatment by respective women successful a associated probe by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 Dispatches successful September 2023.

The Metropolitan Police have present charged Brand, who is understood to unrecorded successful the US, by station and issued a tribunal summons.

Brand has antecedently denied the accusations, and said each his intersexual relationships were 'absolutely ever consensual'. 

But helium has present been charged with the rape of a pistillate successful 1999 successful the Bournemouth country and the oral rape and intersexual battle of a pistillate successful 2004 successful the Westminster country of London.

He has besides been charged with indecently assaulting a pistillate successful 2001 and sexually assaulting different pistillate betwixt 2004 and 2005 - some offences are alleged to person taken spot successful Westminster, London.

Detective superintendent Andy Furphy from the Metropolitan Police said: 'The women who person made reports proceed to person enactment from specially trained officers.

'The Met's probe remains unfastened and detectives inquire anyone who has been affected by this case, oregon anyone who has immoderate information, to travel guardant and talk with police. A dedicated squad of investigators is disposable via email astatine [email protected].

'Support is besides disposable by contacting the autarkic charity, Rape Crisis astatine 24/7 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Line.'

Brand volition look astatine Westminster Magistrates' Court connected Friday May 2.

Jaswant Narwal, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said: 'We person contiguous authorised the Metropolitan Police to complaint Russell Brand with a fig of intersexual offences.

'We cautiously reviewed the grounds aft a constabulary probe into allegations made pursuing the broadcast of a Channel 4 documentary successful September 2023.

'We person concluded that Russell Brand should beryllium charged with offences including rape, intersexual battle and indecent assault.'

In November 2024, the CPS confirmed that detectives from the Metropolitan Police had passed connected an grounds record regarding enactment offence allegations against Brand.

Brand, who presented a BBC Radio 2 amusement betwixt 2006 and 2008, near the relation aft his on-air prank, present known arsenic Sachsgate, erstwhile helium near a 'lewd' voicemail for Fawlty Towers histrion Andrew Sachs astir his granddaughter.

He besides presented connected Big Brother spin-off shows Big Brother's Big Mouth and Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack successful the noughties.

The TV and movie prima was joined to US popular vocalist Katy Perry from 2010 to 2012 but is present joined to Laura Gallacher, the sister of presenter Kirsty, and the brace person 2 children.