Russell Brand accusers went to MSN reporters before police
@MattAgorist I'm not saying I don't believe the accusers, but I am perplexed as to why the victims would bypass the POLICE to make allegations of crimes and instead go to the MSM. If I want to report a crime, the LAST person I would contact would be an MSM reporter.
[Article excerpt] Russell Brand: UK police urged to investigate sex assault allegations against comedian | AP News JILL LAWLESS
LONDON (AP) — British police said Monday that they had received a sexual assault allegation after media outlets published claims by several women against Russell Brand. Promoters postponed the remaining dates in a string of live gigs by the comedian, who denies the allegations. A talent agency and a publisher also parted company with Brand over the claims, which have left the U.K. entertainment industry facing questions about whether the comedian’s bad behavior went unchallenged because of his fame. Brand, 48, denies allegations of sexual assault made by four women in a Channel 4 television documentary and The Times and Sunday Times newspapers. The accusers, who have not been named, include one who said she was sexually assaulted during a relationship with him when she was 16. Another woman says Brand raped her in Los Angeles in 2012. London’s Metropolitan Police force said that since the allegations were made public it had received “a report of a sexual assault which was alleged to have taken place in Soho in central London in 2003.” That is three years before the earliest of the alleged assaults reported by the media outlets.
