Russell Brand 'obsessed with teen girlfriend's virginity and called her dolly'
A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Russell Brand when she was 16 and he was 31 claims the comedian was "preoccupied" with her virginity and would refer to her as his "little dolly" and "the child". This woman, who is referred to only as Alice, is one of four women who have come forward with allegations against Brand, following a joint investigation by the Sunday Times newspaper and Channel 4 Dispatches.
These allegations have been published ahead of tonight's Channel 4 Dispatches investigation, Russell Brand: In Plain Sight, which will air at 9pm. Prior to the accusations being published, Brand, 48, took to YouTube to state that he "absolutely refutes" what he described as "very serious allegations" made against him.
Alice is one of four women who have come forward with allegations against Brand (Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
Brand allegedly became 'preoccupied' with her innocence (Getty Images)The Times reports that Alice, who is one of four women who has come forward with allegations against Brand, was first approached by the comedian in Leicester Square following a shopping trip to Topshop in Oxford Circus. According to Alice, Brand allegedly proceeded to go through her shopping bags, critiquing her purchases before pulling out one dress and telling her "you're going to wear this on our date this week".
After Brand allegedly asked her out to dinner, Alice told her mother, who in turn advised her to tell Brand her age, under the assumption that this would put him off her. When he was allegedly still interested, even after learning she was only 16, her mother was upset, but didn't feel as though she had any control over who her daughter met up with.
During the first date, Alice alleges that Brand immediately asked her to confirm that she was 16, and claims that he told her, "I don't give a f*** if you're 12 . . . I need to know where I stand legally." She has also claimed that Brand became aroused when she informed him she was a virgin prior to the first time they slept together, allegedly becoming "preoccupied" with her innocence.
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Alice claimed: "He was like, 'Oh my God, my baby, my baby', and picked me up and cradled me in his arms like a child and was stroking my hair. He's like, 'You're like my little dolly'." In the weeks that followed, Brand allegedly referred to Alice as "the child", and asked her to read Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita - a novel about a middle-aged man who becomes obsessed with a 12-year-old girl.
According to Alice, Brand allegedly sexually assaulted her towards the end of their three-month relationship, by forcing his penis down her throat and refusing to stop even when she tried pushing him away. Alice said: "I ended up having to punch him really hard in the stomach to get him off. I was crying and he said, 'Oh I only wanted to see your mascara run anyway'. Then I knew at that point that he didn't care about hurting me physically or emotionally . . . It shouldn't take you having to punch someone and to wind them to get them off you. It shouldn't be a physical fight."
Russell Brand: In Plain Sight will air this evening at 9pm on Channel 4
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