Channel 4
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October 2026
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Channel 4 worker tells trial she reported Brand to the broadcaster in 2009
A woman who worked on a Channel 4 project in 2009 testified that she was pressured into massaging Brand, who then laid his head in her lap, and that she reported it to her line manager the next day. Brand denies the sexual assault charge; Channel 4 had earlier apologised for failing to investigate a 2009 complaint.
March 2024
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Channel 4 review finds 2009 complaint against Brand was not escalated; CEO apologises
Channel 4's internal review found no evidence staff knew of the Dispatches allegations beforehand, but chief executive Alex Mahon apologised to a former employee whose serious 2009 complaint about Brand was neither escalated nor properly investigated.
September 2023
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Channel 4 investigating Brand's time at the channel; says no evidence so far of complaints reaching management
Channel 4 chief executive Alex Mahon said the broadcaster's internal investigation had so far found no evidence that alleged incidents were reported to management at the time, as Channel 4 and the BBC pulled Brand's content from their platforms.
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Times, Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches report rape and sexual assault allegations against Russell Brand
A joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4's Dispatches published allegations from four women of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013, during Brand's period as a star of BBC and Channel 4 programming. Brand denied the allegations, saying his relationships were consensual.