 The BBC has revealed it is 'urgently looking into the issues raised' surrounding Russell Brand, while Channel 4 will be conducting its own internal investigation. The St Trinian's actor, 48, has been accused of rape, sexual assault and physical abuse, in a Channel 4 special episode of Dispatches airing in a joint investigation with The Times. He has also been accused of pursuing audience members for sex while presenting Big Brother spin-off shows EFourum and Big Brother's Big Mouth on Channel 4, while other allegations relate to when he was a radio presenter for the BBC. Brand, who has denied the 'very serious allegations' in a video shared on Friday night, has been accused by multiple women, including one who claimed she was 16 years old at the time. Alongside the alleged assaults, the documentary and The Times investigation make several claims about Brand's behaviour in the workplace, at both BBC and Big Brother, insinuating predatory behaviour. The Channel 4 special also hears Brand offering to take his naked assistant to Jimmy Savile when he interviewed the disgraced paedophile in 2007 for BBC Radio 2. Brand worked for the BBC between 2006 and 2008, until he stepped down after a controversial prank call to Andrew Sachs, later dubbed Sachsgate. The investigation in The Times claims Brand's behaviour towards women was an 'open secret', noting: 'Many felt the BBC should have been awake to the concerns about Brand's on-air behaviour well before the Sachsgate scandal.' Brand worked for the BBC between 2006 and 2008 (Picture: Alan Weller/FilmMagic) Brand elsewhere made a series of sexual remarks to newsreader Andrea Simmons, calling her a 'sex bomb' on air. The BBC has said it is 'urgently looking into the issues raised' in the joint investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 Dispatches. In a new statement, a BBC spokesman said: 'The doc){kind=link}
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The BBC has revealed it is ‘urgently looking into the issues raised’ surrounding Russell Brand, while Channel 4 will be conducting its own internal investigation.
The St Trinian’s actor, 48, has been accused of rape, sexual assault and physical abuse, in a Channel 4 special episode of Dispatches airing in a joint investigation with The Times.
He has also been accused of pursuing audience members for sex while presenting Big Brother spin-off shows EFourum and Big Brother’s Big Mouth on Channel 4, while other allegations relate to when he was a radio presenter for the BBC.
Brand, who has denied the ‘very serious allegations’ in a video shared on Friday night, has been accused by multiple women, including one who claimed she was 16 years old at the time.