{"id":21357,"date":"2023-11-05T00:07:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T00:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/russell-brand-accused-of-sexual-assault-in-new-york-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2023-11-05T00:07:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T00:07:41","slug":"russell-brand-accused-of-sexual-assault-in-new-york-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/russell-brand-accused-of-sexual-assault-in-new-york-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Brand accused of sexual assault in New York lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>British actor-comedian Russell Brand was accused in a lawsuit filed on Friday of sexually assaulting a film extra on the New York City set of the 2011 romantic comedy \u201cArthur,\u201d in which he starred as a boozing, philandering heir to a fortune.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The suit follows a recent flurry of allegations reported in the British news media against the 48-year-old performer by several women accusing him of sexual assault and inappropriate behavior, some dating back 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>British police have said they were investigating a number of the allegations, but the New York lawsuit filed on Friday marks the first such accusation leveled in court.<\/p>\n<p>It was brought in state court under New York\u2019s Adult Survivors Act, which gives accusers a one-year window to sue over alleged sexual abuse from a long time ago, even if statutes of limitations have expired.<\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros Pictures, which distributed \u201cArthur,\u201d also was named as a defendant, along with other companies involved in the film production. They were accused of negligence and of aiding and abetting Brand by tolerating his misconduct on the set.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Arthur Official Trailer #1 - (2011) HD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XoJN7k1BMYg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Brand in September denied on his social media channels having ever engaged in non-consensual sex. His representatives in New York and London did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the newly filed lawsuit. Neither did Warner Bros.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint was brought by a woman identified only as Jane Doe who said she was hired to appear as a cast \u201cextra\u201d in a scene from \u201cArthur\u201d filmed at Le Cirque restaurant in Manhattan in July of 2010.<\/p>\n<p>The film, a box office dud that drew generally negative reviews, was a remake of a highly successful 1981 movie starring Dudley Moore in the title role as a drunken New York City millionaire on the brink of an arranged marriage to a wealthy heiress when he falls for a free-spirited, working-class woman.<\/p>\n<p>According to the lawsuit, Brand was visibly intoxicated during the production and exposed his genitalia to the plaintiff as he sat at a table staring at her, \u201copenly and obviously in the presence of everyone on set,\u201d including film studio employees who treated his behavior as acceptable.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, the complaint alleges, Russell Brand followed the woman into a restroom, where he again pulled down his pants, then shoved her into a stall and forced her to perform oral sex on him, all while a production crew member stood directly outside as if to guard the door.<\/p>\n<p>The accuser says the assault caused \u201csevere psychological injuries\u201d and economic losses.<\/p>\n<p>The suit seeks unspecified money damages from Brand on grounds of assault, battery, false imprisonment and infliction of emotional distress.<\/p>\n<p>Russell Brand, the former husband of U.S. pop singer Katy Perry and once one of Britain\u2019s most high-profile comedians and broadcasters, had repositioned himself in recent years as an internet social commentator, logging more than 6 million followers on his YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube in September said it had blocked Brand from earning further revenues from the online video platform in light of his alleged sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British actor-comedian Russell Brand was accused in a lawsuit filed on Friday of sexually assaulting a film extra on the New York City set of the 2011 romantic comedy \u201cArthur,\u201d in which he starred as a boozing, philandering heir to a fortune. 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