![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/russell-brand-returns-to-social-media-saying-its-been-an-extraordinary-week/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/1_Russell-Brand-allegations.jpg&description=Russell Brand was accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse during a seven-year period – which he strongly denies – in Channel 4's Dispatches documentary Russell Brand has broken his silence after being accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse. Brand refrained from posting on social media following the Dispatches investigation airing on Channel 4 over the weekend, notably not returning to YouTube or Rumble for his usual daily broadcast after his initial denial on Saturday. He's now spoken out about the claims made in the Dispatches documentary, in which the comic - known as Rusty Rockets - was branded a 'devil', a 'groomer' and a 'narcissist' by his alleged victims. Taking to Instagram tonight, he said: "Hell there you awakening wonders, obviously, it's been an extraordinary and distressing week and I thank you very much for your support and for questioning the information you've been presented with. By now, you're probably aware that the British government have asked big tech platforms to censor our online content. "Some online platforms, have complied with that request. What you may not know is that this happens in the context of the Online Saftey Bill – this is UK legislation that grants sweeping surveillance and censorship powers and is a law that has already been passed. "I also don't imagine that you've heard of the trusted news initiative and now, as often is the case when a word like trusted is used as part of an acronym to describe an unelected body, trust is the last thing you should be offering. The trusted news initiative is a collaboration between big tech and legacy media organisations to target, patrol, choke and shut down independent media organisations like this one. "We'll be talking about that on our show on Monday on Rumble but just to give you an idea on what the TNI is, this is a quote from one of their spokespeople," before the screen showed a message which read 'Because actually the real rivalry now is not between for ex){kind=link}
Russell Brand was accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse during a seven-year period â which he strongly denies â in Channel 4’s Dispatches documentary
Russell Brand has broken his silence after being accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse.
Brand refrained from posting on social media following the Dispatches investigation airing on Channel 4 over the weekend, notably not returning to YouTube or Rumble for his usual daily broadcast after his initial denial on Saturday. He’s now spoken out about the claims made in the Dispatches documentary, in which the comic – known as Rusty Rockets – was branded a ‘devil’, a ‘groomer’ and a ‘narcissist’ by his alleged victims.
Taking to Instagram tonight, he said: “Hell there you awakening wonders, obviously, it’s been an extraordinary and distressing week and I thank you very much for your support and for questioning the information you’ve been presented with. By now, you’re probably aware that the British government have asked big tech platforms to censor our online content.
“Some online platforms, have complied with that request. What you may not know is that this happens in the context of the Online Safety Bill â this is UK legislation that grants sweeping surveillance and censorship powers and is a law that has already been passed.