Russell Brand breaks his silence in bizarre Instagram rant after being accused of rape & sexual assault
RUSSELL Brand has broken his silence in a bizzare Instagram rant after being accused of rape and sexual assault.
The comedian, 48, has found himself at the centre of a scandal this past week after multiple women accused him of a string of sexual assaults.
The shocking claims, which included rape, are said to have spanned from 2003 to 2013.
Brand has tonight taken to Instagram and posted a video oh himself speaking out for the first time since.
He said: “Hello there you awakening wonders, obviously, it’s been an extraordinary and distressing week and I thank you very much for your support and for questioning the information you’ve been presented with.
“By now, you’re probably aware that the British government have asked big tech platforms to censor our online content.
“Some online platforms, have complied with that request.
“What you may not know is that this happens in the context of the Online Saftey Bill – this is UK legislation that grants sweeping surveillance and censorship powers and is a law that has already been passed.
“I also don’t imagine that you’ve heard of the trusted news initiative and now, as often is the case when a word like trusted is used as part of an acronym to describe an unelected body, trust is the last thing you should be offering.
“The trusted news initiative is a collaboration between big tech and legacy media organisations to target, patrol, choke and shut down independent media organisations.”