{"id":67198,"date":"2023-09-18T19:39:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rapidcelnews.com\/?p=67198"},"modified":"2023-09-18T19:39:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:39:47","slug":"piers-morgan-and-ex-this-morning-star-react-to-rape-accused-russell-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rapidcelnews.com\/music\/piers-morgan-and-ex-this-morning-star-react-to-rape-accused-russell-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Piers Morgan and ex-This Morning star react to rape-accused Russell Brand"},"content":{"rendered":"
Piers Morgan and former This Morning star Dr Ranj Singh, have spoken out about the allegations Russell Brand is facing. <\/p>\n
The comedian and actor has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse after claims by four women.<\/p>\n
But Russell has denied all the allegations against him in a YouTube video on Friday evening (September 15) before the allegations went public – slamming them as "aggressive attacks". <\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/b>Dannii Minogue calls Russell Brand a 'vile predator' in resurfaced interview<\/b><\/p>\n
He says there are "witnesses whose evidence directly contradicts the narratives" by The Sunday Times and Channel 4' Dispatches making a "co-ordinated attack.<\/p>\n
And now, following the claims, a slew of famous faces have addressed and reacted to the allegations.<\/p>\n
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Former GMB presenter Piers took to X, formerly Twitter, and wrote: "The allegations against Russell Brand are horrifying, & the investigative reporting behind them exemplary.<\/p>\n
"BUT he\u2019s denied them & language being used on here – his accusers being labelled \u2018victims\u2019 or \u2018survivors\u2019 etc – infers guilt + criminality. He's entitled to due process."<\/p>\n
Dr Ranj, who worked on This Morning as their resident doctor from 2016 to 2021, also addressed the allegations against Russell.<\/p>\n
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On Saturday evening, he took to Instagram Story and wrote: "Watching the C4 Dispatches tonight… Sadly it's no surprise. It highlights a systemic issue in the TV\/entertainment industry.<\/p>\n
"Men in positions of power abusing that privilege to take advantage of others. This is not the first nor the last instance. There will be more being exposed."<\/p>\n
He went on: "Karma is a b***h. And she's coming for you."<\/p>\n
Jo Caulfield, 57, a stand-up star who was a panellist on the popular BBC comedy show, Mock the Week, also wrote on X: "In whatever industry you work in, keep speaking out. Predatory behaviour and abuse is wrong. It's so depressing that yet again people could have stopped Russell Brand; producers and broadcasters were enablers.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt's a tragic and an age old story and has to stop. In business, in Parliament, in TV – even surgeons in theatre FFS! If we talk about it enough, surely it will become unacceptable."<\/p>\n
Brand released a video statement on Friday (September 16) denying all of the allegations against him, saying his relationships were "absolutely, always consensual".<\/p>\n
He said: "Amidst this litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute.<\/p>\n
"These allegations pertain to the time when I was working in the mainstream, when I was in the newspapers all the time, when I was in the movies, and as I've written about extensively in my books I was very, very promiscuous.<\/p>\n
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