Russell Brand shares video denying ‘serious allegations’ against him – as mystery swirls over Dispatches
RUSSELL Brand has denied “serious allegations” made against him ahead of an upcoming Channel 4 Dispatches documentary.
He said he “absolutely refutes” the claims, due to air on Saturday night, blaming an “agenda”.
In a video posted to his Twitter, the 48-year-old said the allegations dated back to when he was in “the mainstream”.
It is not clear exactly what allegations he’s referring to.
Brand said: “I’ve received two extremely disturbing letters or a letter and an email.
“One from a mainstream media TV company, one from a newspaper listing a litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks.”
He adds: “Amidst this litany of astonishing rather baroque attacks, often very serious allegations, that I absolutely refute.
“These allegations pertain to the time when I was working in the mainstream, when I was in the newspapers all the time, when I was in the movies.
“And as I’ve written about extensively in my books, I was very, very promiscuous.
“Now, during that time of promiscuity, the relationships I had were absolutely always consensual.
“I was always transparent about that. Then almost too transparent, and I’m being transparent about it now as well.”
He stressed he “absolutely denies” the allegations.
On Friday, it emerged Channel 4 will highlight behaviour by an A-list celebrity in a Dispatches programme due to air at 9pm on Saturday night.
A source told The Mirror: “This programme has been years in the making and is being edited up to the last minute.”