Detectives are assessing a number of new reports about Russell Brand after he was jailed for rape and sexual assaults.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: “Several people have contacted the investigation team during and since the trial to provide information or report a potential criminal allegation. Detectives are assessing this information as part of their ongoing enquiries.”
Brand, 51, was sentenced to 10 years and six months at Southwark Crown Court on Monday, 9 November, after being found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault against four women. The offences were committed between 2004 and 2009.
The new reports come after detectives confirmed they were already investigating two further allegations of rape against Brand. A police spokesperson said the force’s investigation into allegations of rape made by two women remains ongoing, that files have been submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service in relation to both complainants, and that detectives remain in close contact with prosecutors as enquiries continue.
Brand has previously been interviewed under caution in connection with those two allegations. No new charges have been announced in connection with the latest reports, which are allegations being assessed and not proven offences.
Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy, who led the investigation into Brand, encouraged further victims to come forward after Thursday’s guilty verdict.
Since the sentencing, Brand has also been accused of further violence by his former partner Jemima Goldsmith, who wrote on X that she had called the police during a “violent incident” involving Brand in 2014. She said she had not pressed any charges.
Brand was sentenced on Monday after a trial lasting just over three weeks, which began on 12 October.
