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Russell Brand Charged With Rape Following Lengthy Investigation

Russell Brand has been charged with rape and sexual assault.

One alleged victim said Brand assaulted her when she was 16 (he was then in his 30s) during a three-month “emotionally and sexually abusive” relationship that included one instance where he “forced his penis down her throat,” causing her to choke. The woman also said Brand nicknamed her “the child,” asked her to read passages from Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita during their time together, and once kissed her mother “on the mouth.” Singer Katy Perry and actor Russell Brand arrive at the premiere of Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films’ ‘The Tempest’ at the El Capitan Theatre on December 6, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.

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