Well like i say why do these famous guys get themselves involved in this shit ....they are famous they can gte free ass anytime ....i simply do not understand it ........well no more USA for russell i guess ........unless .......he wants blood farts ........
Russell Brand fears he could be prosecuted in US
Russell Brand’s lawyers fear he could face prosecution in the US over sexual assault allegations.
Court documents show the actor’s US legal team tried to delay a civil lawsuit filed against him in New York because of concerns it could “overlap” with a live criminal investigation in the UK.
Scotland Yard announced on Friday that it had charged Brand, 49, with rape and sexual assault after a year-and-a-half-long police investigation.
The comedian, who has been living in the US since February, is accused of sexually abusing four women in London and the Bournemouth area between 1999 and 2005.
Brand also faces a separate lawsuit in the US after a woman filed a civil claim against him in November 2023. The woman alleges she was sexually assaulted by Brand while working as an extra on the set of the comedy film Arthur in 2010.
The former British television presenter is not facing any criminal charges in the US. The lawsuit filed in New York, brought by a woman identified only as Jane Doe, is a civil claim seeking damages for alleged sexual assault.
However, Brand’s lawyers argued he had a “reasonable belief that criminal prosecution is possible in the United States” in documents submitted to the New York Supreme Court as part of the lawsuit earlier this week.
In one document dated April 1, his legal team said: “The fact that Mr Brand is already facing a criminal investigation in the United Kingdom – coupled with highly publicised allegations that have been made … that Mr Brand committed similar sexual assaults in the United States – is more than sufficient to support a ‘reasonable belief’ that he could face prosecution here.”
Mark Cuccaro, Brand’s attorney, called for the US lawsuit to be postponed, arguing that it was likely to contain “overlapping issues” with the UK criminal investigation.
The lawyer claimed this also meant Brand should not be forced to provide testimony to the US lawsuit while the UK case is ongoing, since this could incriminate him.
“If Mr Brand’s deposition proceeds, he is expected to be asked questions not only about [Jane Doe’s] specific allegations, but also about other allegations of sexual assault relating to the criminal investigation in the United Kingdom,” Mr Cuccaro claimed in a document first reported by The Sun on Sunday.
The US court submissions added: “Mr Brand’s alleged assaults in the United Kingdom could potentially be admitted as evidence of other assaults in the United States if he were to be criminally charged here.”
Request to delay denied
Judge Shlomo Hagler rejected the request by Brand’s legal team to delay the case, but granted him an extension until Oct 30 to submit his deposition.
The lawsuit was filed in state court in November 2023 under New York’s Adult Survivors Act, which gives accusers a one-year window to sue over alleged historic sexual abuse, even if statutes of limitations have expired.
Jane Doe claims Brand exposed his genitalia to her “openly and obviously in the presence of everyone on set” in between the filming of Arthur, a remake of the 1981 film starring Dudley Moore.
The woman alleges that an intoxicated Brand later followed her into a bathroom on set and sexually assaulted her.
The complainant is also suing Warner Bros Pictures and other companies involved in the film production for alleged negligence amid claims they tolerated Brand’s misconduct during filming.
Brand denies the allegations, with his lawyers describing them as “specious” and “scurrilous” in court documents.
In his initial response to the lawsuit filed in February 2024, Brand claimed that an open bottle of an alcoholic drink that was on the set of Arthur was a film prop since he “had been sober for approximately eight years” by that point.
He alleged it showed the claimant had a “faulty memory” of the events, and also claimed never to have met the woman.
Warner Bros and other companies involved in the lawsuit have also denied the woman’s allegations against them.
New York law firm Sher Tremonte is representing Brand in the case, after litigation company Berk Brettler withdrew as his legal counsel in January, according to US court documents.
The lawsuit comes after Brand was accused of raping and sexually assaulting two women in Los Angeles in a joint investigation by The Times and Channel 4’s dispatches in 2023.
He has also been charged with the rape of a woman in 1999 in the Bournemouth area in the UK, and the oral rape and sexual assault of a woman in 2004 in the Westminster area of London.
The Forgetting Sarah Marshall actor has also been charged with indecently assaulting a woman in 2001 and sexually assaulting another woman between 2004 and 2005 in Westminster.
Brand is expected to appear before Westminster magistrates’ court in the UK on May 2.
In a video posted on X on April 4, the actor said he has “never engaged in non-consensual activity”.
“I pray that you can see that by looking in my eyes,” he said. “Of course I am now going to have the opportunity to defend these charges in court and I’m incredibly grateful for that.”
Brand’s US legal team was approached for comment.
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