A woman has claimed that Russell Brand groomed and assaulted her when she was just 16, it has emerged.
The woman – referred to as Alice to protect her identity – claimed she was in an ’emotionally abusive and controlling relationship’ with Brand, then 31, for about three months, a joint investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 Dispatches has revealed.
She alleges he took her virginity, was ‘preoccupied’ with her being ‘innocent and pure’, and often referred to her as ‘The Child’. The woman alleges he helped her craft lies to deceive her parents and encouraged her to hide their relationship from her friends.