Russell Brand’s ex-girlfriends break silence with harrowing ‘rape and abuse’ allegations
The comic’s former girlfriends have come forward with harrowing accounts of alleged abuse and assault in a new Netflix documentary following his rape conviction
Brand has been jailed for 10 and a half years for rape and sexual assault(Image: Netflix/Press Association)
Russell Brand’s ex-girlfriends have alleged he subjected women to abuse long before he was famous. The convicted rapist is said to have ignored one woman’s pleas to stop during one alleged attack.
Speaking on a new Netflix documentary about Brand, the alleged victim said: “I kept saying no, I said stop. I begged him, I literally begged him.”
In the documentary, titled Russell Brand: Open Secret, a number of alleged victims have made several shocking claims against the disgraced British comic.
The doc, released today (November 13), follows Brand’s meteoric rise to international fame and his fall from grace. One anonymous victim, given the name Emily, said after an alleged serious incident she “questioned herself” because she was in a relationship with Brand.
He allegedly subjected women to abuse long before he was famous(Image: Getty Images)
She said: “I was in my late 20s when I met Russell. He was a few years younger than me.
“I didn’t know anything about him. He wasn’t famous at the time.
“I loved how his mind worked. I loved the creative side of his thinking.
More allegations have hit the disgraced celeb(Image: Courtesy of Netflix)
“He was romantic and gentle. He never told me about any other woman he was dating.
“Our relationship had a different kind of dynamic, more tender. I was just quite happy to be in his presence.
“He definitely had that magnetic personality to draw you in and make you feel like you’re the most special person in the world, and that’s how he made me feel, until he didn’t.”
These allegations were not heard during Brand’s recent court case, where he was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He was found not guilty of two rapes and one attempted indecent assault.
A second woman speaking to the Times and, known as Nadia, alleged Brand pinned her to a wall and allegedly raped her. Following the alleged incident Brand messaged the woman: “I’m sorry.
“That was crazy and selfish. I hope you can forgive me, I know that you’re a lovely person. X.”
At 3.51am he attempted to phone the woman. However his call went unanswered.
The doc, released today (November 13)
Following the text the woman messaged Brand, responding: “Do you know how scary you are when that glazed look comes over you? When a girl says no, it means no.
“Do I have to go and get myself tested?”
Journalist Charlotte Wace stated: “He had the opportunity to defend himself against that accusation, and instead he responded with an apology.”
A former girlfriend of Brand claimed the disgraced British celeb made her break down through his behaviour. She said they got together in 2007 back when he landed a Hollywood job in the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Brand’s former girlfriends have pulled back the lid on his alleged behaviour (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
She said: “I’d given up on love, and Russell texted me. I thought he was funny.
“I wanted to hang out with him. He asked me to stay in his apartment and I was like, ‘Why not?
“A bit of fun’.”
Amanda Alguero Alejos, Brand’s former girlfriend(Image: Netflix)
The woman said the relationship started off normally in the UK. However after she joined Brand for filming in the US, he refused to sunbathe with her and also accused her of flirting with other crew members.
Speaking of the change, she said: “In Hawaii, he didn’t feel comfortable with me sunbathing on the beach or even outside of the bungalow. He would say things like, ‘Oh, you’re dressing like an attention-seeking tart.
“He said ‘Oh, from now on, just wear black’. I just felt like I was in a constant state of confusion.
Comics have blasted Brand’s behaviour (Image: Jordan Pettitt/ Press Association)
“His energy was so big that it kind of just made you smaller every time. He had a yoga session, and he had sex with a yoga teacher.
“I mean, told me he was like, ‘Yeah’. So I’m like ‘What am I doing?’.”
She alleged Brand had sexually assaulted her on a previous occasion, had a pattern of controlling behaviour and possessed a bad temper. Jordan said: “He wanted me to taste anonymous.
Russell Brand’s statement in full as the Metropolitan Police release interview footage(Image: Metropolitan Police)
“He didn’t want me to be familiar to him, and so he was asking me to brush my teeth, but it just was never enough. And so he’s standing over me, and I’m brushing, and I’m brushing, and then I’m seeing my teeth bleeding, and the association with only it got more intense.”
Speaking of an alleged assault, she added: “He asked me who I was on the phone to, and I told him I just need to get my bag back from, and so he snatched my phone out my hand and like broke it apart into pieces. So I kind of snatched the phone back and went into like a separate room.
“I just was standing there just to have a moment, just to try and figure out, okay, what’s going on, you know. And he walked in, he didn’t say anything, he put his hand down the front of my jeans, and then walked away.
“I didn’t report it in any way. I didn’t share it with anybody.
“I look at myself back then, and I feel sorry for myself. Not in a bad or pitying way.
“I just feel like it wasn’t very fair, you know.” Amanda Alguero Alejos, one of Brand’s first girlfriends, also claimed he changed after he started doing stand-up comedy and had female fans.
Amanda Alguero Alejos, Brand’s former girlfriend(Image: Netflix)
Amanda said: “We fell in love, it was my first love. I was so nervous.
“We did everything together, we went to Paris, Bali, he used to write for me poetry. We talk about a big house and a big family.”
She also spoke of his increasing drug usage and said: “He used to take drugs like a recreation, smoking joints, but he always is looking for something more. He was taking a lot of drugs, cocaine and heroin.”
Alejos added as Brand became more famous their relationship changed, she said: “He admitted that he had a sex addiction. I used to be in love with this guy and he’s totally different.
“I felt something dark he had inside and I left forever.” Alongside Brand’s girlfriends, comics have also discussed how bad his behaviour towards women was.
Comedian Nish Kumar said: “People were threatened that if they spoke about it, there would be legal action brought against them.” He added: “It does seem he got his material from his real life.
“When you look back at the material he was sort of bragging about the things he was doing which is obviously sort of bleak now.”
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