Even in the best-case scenario for Brand – the one in which all these specific, independent accusations turn out to be false – we view him as a sleazy, sexist creep because he has told us.
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Surrounding the interviews are the words of Brand himself, on stage, TV and radio. Being able to see and hear the words spoken, even by anonymised interviewees filmed in silhouette or, in one case, replaced by an actor, lends every awful detail alleged a piercing immediacy. The allegations themselves are disturbing enough. As well as organising deeply harrowing testimony into a cogent narrative, the Dispatches film places the women’s claims into a wider context within the industry and our culture as a whole, pinpointing a collective culpability that resonates well beyond whatever one man might have done. So with its allegations and the alleged perpetrator’s denial already known about, and even the culture-war battle lines around it already drawn, what currency does Russell Brand: In Plain Sight have? Plenty. This garnered him support from thousands of his existing followers, and new allies with an interest in self-identifying as brave media disruptors: several GB News presenters posted on social media appearing to take his side. Insisting that “the relationships I had were absolutely always consensual”, he speculated about “coordinated media attacks” with “another agenda at play”. He talked of “some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute”. On Friday night, Brand outed himself as the target of the investigation, releasing a video made for his millions of social media followers. A third claims physical abuse and sexual assault.Īs well as the allegations being known, by the time of broadcast Brand’s denial was also out there. Another says he seriously sexually assaulted her at the end of a relationship that began when she was 16 and he was 31. Those allegations are that the comedian turned political commentator and wellness guru, Russell Brand, has a history of abusive interactions with women.
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