Russell Brand’s ex-PA has claimed she felt ‘crazy’ after the comedian showed her ‘naked’ pictures of women and she recognized someone she knew.
As part of an investigation into Brand’s conduct, Helen Berger, who worked for Brand between 2006 and 2007, claims the star showed the intimate images to her and his entourage in an Edinburgh bar.
“It did something to me,” Ms. Berger said. ‘I immediately felt sick to my stomach.
“These are women who don’t expect to like the guy’s friends. I felt terrible for all these people, these women. I felt shame at that moment.’
Ms. Berger described Brand as a “narcissist,” whose “favorite subject was him.” She also claimed he was “always in his underwear” around her.
As part of an investigation into Brand’s conduct, Helen Berger (pictured), who worked for Brand between 2006 and 2007, claims the star showed the intimate images to her and his entourage in an Edinburgh bar.
Russell Brand leaves the Troubadour Wembley Park theater in northwest London after performing a comedy set last night following bombing allegations
Ms. Berger described Brand as a “narcissist,” whose “favorite subject was him.” She also claimed he was “always in his underwear” around her
After sending her resume to a recruitment agency, Ms. Berger received an interview to work with Russell.
She said: ‘It was an exciting time. Russell was on a national comedy tour, he was writing a book, he had a weekly column in The Guardian, he had two shows: Big Brother’s Big Mouth, 1 Leicester TV.’
Ms Berger claims some of Brand’s behavior she would not accept today, such as him sitting around her in underwear.
“He always wore just his underwear,” she said. ‘His tight whites.
“I don’t think today I would accept a boss sitting around me in just his underwear.”
Referring to his ‘sex addiction’, Ms Berger claims he ‘couldn’t stop sleeping with women’ and ‘was never satisfied’.
She claims he asked her to take down phone numbers of female audience members at his shows. Ms. Berger said if she saw that behavior now, she would think it wasn’t right, but at the time it was so “normalized.”
The former employee claims that one night at the Edinburgh festival where Brand was headlining, she was in a bar with him and said hello
s writing partner Matt Morgan – among others.
She said: ‘There was a producer with us and he said, ‘Show us some of those pictures’.
“Russell took out his phone and he started showing us pictures of women and they all giggled a bit at the pictures. These are women who send them pictures of themselves, their breasts, you know, naked.”
Ms Berger added: ‘At one point I thought, “OK, let me see what we’re looking at” and I leaned forward, but as he’s looking through these pictures he comes to a picture of someone I knew .’
After seeing a woman she knew in one of the photos, Ms. Berger felt “sick” and admitted she was “ashamed.”
When asked if she had ever been concerned about the consent of Brand’s meetings, she said, “I’ve never been concerned.” I saw many women, who knew who he was “sh***er of the year”, willingly walk into his bedroom.
‘I never thought he was someone who would rape or assault anyone. No, I didn’t think so. As far as I knew, what else could I know if I wasn’t there, except by what I saw.’
Ms. Berger claims some of Brand’s behavior she wouldn’t accept today, such as him sitting around her in underwear
The Sunday Times and Channel 4‘s Dispatches’ investigation The 48-year-old star included multiple women who accused him of abusive and predatory behavior, including rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse, between 2006 and 2013.
Before the episode of Dispatches aired, Brand posted a video to his YouTube channel denying the allegations. He insisted that any relationships he had were consensual.
The Metropolitan Police has said it will speak to the media following its investigation into Brand’s alleged treatment of women, but added that the force has currently ‘not received any reports in relation’ to the sexual assault allegations raised in the article is described. documentary.