![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/russell-brands-fresh-statement-in-full-as-he-pleads-for-support-from-fans/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_SOCIAL_RUSS.jpg&description=Comedian and actor Russell Brand has pleaded for support as he broke his silence on allegations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse in his first social media post Russell Brand breaks silence after 'extraordinary week' Russell Brand has broken his silence after facing allegations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse. The comedian and actor took to social media on Friday night for the first time since the Channel 4 Dispatches programme and The Times and Sunday Times investigations broke last weekend. Brand , who has denied all allegations, missed his daily YouTube and Rumble broadcasts throughout the week but took to Instagram where he addressed his followers. In the clip, he said: "Hello 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. Brand took to Instagram to share his first post since allegations came to light ( russellbrand / Instagram) The comedian pleaded for support from his fans ( Getty Images for The Recording A) "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 – 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 TN){kind=link}
Comedian and actor Russell Brand has pleaded for support as he broke his silence on allegations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse in his first social media post
Russell Brand has broken his silence after facing allegations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse.
The comedian and actor took to social media on Friday night for the first time since the Channel 4 Dispatches programme and The Times and Sunday Times investigations broke last weekend. Brand, who has denied all allegations, missed his daily YouTube and Rumble broadcasts throughout the week but took to Instagram where he addressed his followers.
In the clip, he said: “Hello 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. 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.