Russell Brand is being sued over sexual abuse allegations in a lawsuit filed in London’s High Court, the first-known lawsuit brought against him in the UK.
The Sun newspaper reports that an anonymous claimant on February 6 lodged a personal injury sexual abuse case for damages.
It comes after London’s Metropolitan Police passed evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service.
It is the first-known lawsuit to land in the UK since the comedian turned online broadcaster faced allegations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse, dating between 2006 and 2013, by four separate women in a joint Sunday Times/Channel 4 Dispatches investigation.
When the results of the investigation were published, Brand denied all claims against him, saying that he had never participated in non-consensual sexual behaviour, and the allegations were part of an establishment smear campaign against him.
Brand recently moved from the UK to the US, where he faces separate civil sexual assault claims, specifically that he exposed himself to a woman during the filming of the comedy Arthur in 2010. Brand denies the claim.
In February, it was reported that the former comedian had shut down his addiction and mental health charity in the UK.
The Sun newspaper reported that the national Charity Commission was told back in September 2024 that the comedian turned online guru’s Stay Free Foundation “no longer operates,” and was removed from the official register of charities last month.
Brand founded the charity following his own recovery from heroin addiction in 2003. He was a frequent advocate for health services to provide more support for addicts, and in 2013 made a documentary about the subject for the BBC.
