An Australian woman has told how Russell Brand allegedly cornered her in a bathroom and said: ‘I’m going to fuck you’ before flashing his penis in her face – and bragging about it on the BBC moments later.
Rachel, who works in the TV industry, met Brand in Los Angeles when the comedian visited her office complex in June 2008 to record a radio program for the BBC.
She claims she opened the door and let Brand and his entourage into the building where they were met by a BBC producer.
Fifteen minutes later, she passed the studio where they were recording, on her way to the bathroom to buy medicine for a sinus problem.
“I opened a cupboard that had the first aid kit in it, along with our medicine, and when I turned around there was a cross in front of me,” the woman said. 60 minutes.
Russell Brand (pictured) allegedly exposed himself to a woman before joking about it in a radio broadcast minutes later
Brand allegedly followed her to the bathroom.
“What are you doing here?” she remembered asking him.
“And he says, ‘Oh, you’re kind of okay, aren’t you, you’re kind of okay.’
He allegedly told her he would call her ‘Betty’.
‘I said ‘but that’s not my name’ and he said ‘I’m going to fuck you’ and I said ‘no you’re not’ and he said ‘yes I am’.
“Next thing you know, his penis was on his hand and he was serving it much like you would serve a dish or like you would serve someone something to eat.”
Rachel, using a pseudonym to protect her identity, said Brand repeatedly told her he was going to “fuck” her.
She was saved by a knock on the door that called Brand back into the studio.
Rachel, using a pseudonym to protect her identity, said Brand repeatedly told her he would “fuck” her
Shocked and upset by the ordeal, she texted the BBC producer to tell him what had happened.
To her horror, he allegedly replied, “Yes, I know, he’s talking about it on air.”
Just minutes into the pre-taped show with fellow comedian Matt Morgan, Brand began bragging about exposing himself to Rachel.
“I’m not going to be able to drag her into a booth and show her my pubic hair, that would never happen,” Brand joked.
Morgan asks him, “How long ago did you last do that?”
Brand claims it’s been “a long time,” Morgan interjects: “Only 25 minutes since he showed his dick to a lady… to a receptionist.”
Incredibly, the segment was reportedly broadcast by the BBC.
“What I struggle with when I look back is that no one ever called me,” Rachel said.
“They didn’t listen to the output and say, ‘Oh my God, Russell just exposed himself to someone.’
“It made me sick, but I felt it confirmed my story that he’s a predator, a bloodsucker, and he’s not a very nice man, so in a way I felt vindicated because it was there and he actually admitted that he did it.’
Earlier this week, Morgan released a statement to BBC News At 10 about the alleged flash incident.
‘I was not aware of the nature of this meeting until now. I have expressed my regret as I look back on the impact of the (radio) show, and this is another example,” Morgan said.
‘The recent reporting has been very distressing to read and I reiterate my absolute condemnation of any form of abuse against women.’
Morgan added that he stopped working with Brand several years ago and that he was “unaware” of allegations of serious sexual misconduct against Brand during the time they worked together.
Rachel’s claims follow previous allegations of Brand’s behavior which came to light in a joint investigation by The Sunday Times and Channel Four’s Dispatches.
Several women have made accusations against the comedian, which they say happened at the height of his fame.
The shocking allegations, which are said to have taken place between 2003 and 2013, include the alleged rape of a woman at his Los Angeles home and the alleged sexual assault of a 16-year-old schoolgirl.
Brand has denied the allegations and claimed all his relationships were consensual.
He dismissed the allegations as part of a vendetta against him by the ‘mainstream’ media.
On Friday evening, he posted a video on social media channels thanking his followers for their “support and for questioning the information you have been given.”
He further announced that he would return his show on Rumble – an online video platform – after advertising on his YouTube channel was suspended in light of the allegations.
In a wide-ranging speech, he accused the British government of demanding major tech platforms censor his online content and lashed out at his former employer, the BBC, for its “trusted news initiative” that tackles fake news.
Rachel told 60 Minutes that she is deeply ashamed and remorseful for never filing an official complaint at the time.
In a statement, the BBC said it was investigating her allegations.
Pop star Katy Perry and Russell Brand started dating after meeting at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, and married in October 2010. Pictured at the MTV Video Music Awards in August 2011
“We are conducting an investigation to look into allegations of this nature and if the woman who shared her story is willing to talk to us, we would be very happy to hear from her and anyone with information,” the statement said. .
‘An important part of the assessment is to understand what complaints were made at the time, whether there was knowledge of Russell Brand’s conduct while working on BBC radio, and what was done as a result.
‘We will of course discuss this with the office team and everyone who worked there in 2008.
“Furthermore, the Director General has made it very clear that some of the broadcasts from that period were and are inexcusable and totally unacceptable and would never be broadcast today.”