CPS authorises charges against Russell Brand
Jaswant Narwal of the Crown Prosecution Service said: “We have today authorised the Metropolitan Police to charge Russell Brand with a number of sexual offences.
“We carefully reviewed the evidence after a police investigation into allegations made following the broadcast of a Channel 4, Sunday Times and Times investigation in September 2023.
“We have concluded that Russell Brand should be charged with offences including rape, sexual assault and indecent assault.
“These relate to reported non-recent offences between 1999 and 2005, involving four women.
“He will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for a first hearing on Friday 2 May 2025.
“The Crown Prosecution Service reminds everyone that criminal proceedings are active, and the defendant has the right to a fair trial.
“It is extremely important that there be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings."
Notes to editors
- Russell Brand (04/02/1975) from Oxfordshire is charged with two counts of rape, indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault.
- Jaswant Narwal (she/her) is the Chief Crown Prosecutor for London North.
- Victims of sexual offences are automatically entitled to lifelong anonymity in the press or any other publication. This means that it’s against the law for the media, or anyone else, to publish victims’ names or anything which identifies them as having been the victim of a sexual offence. This includes sharing names on social media.
- It is not the function of the CPS to decide whether a person is guilty of a criminal offence, but to make fair, independent, and objective assessments about whether it is appropriate to present charges for the criminal court to consider