Russell Model is being sued over sexual abuse allegations in a lawsuit filed in London’s Excessive Court docket, the first-known lawsuit introduced towards him within the UK.
The Solar newspaper stories that an nameless claimant on February 6 lodged a private harm sexual abuse case for damages.
It comes after London’s Metropolitan Police handed proof to the Crown Prosecution Service.
It’s the first-known lawsuit to land within the UK for the reason that comic turned on-line broadcaster confronted allegations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse, courting between 2006 and 2013, by 4 separate girls in a joint Sunday Occasions/Channel 4 Dispatches investigation.
When the outcomes of the investigation have been revealed, Model denied all claims towards him, saying that he had by no means participated in non-consensual sexual behaviour, and the allegations have been a part of an institution smear marketing campaign towards him.
Model not too long ago moved from the UK to the US, the place he faces separate civil sexual assault claims, particularly that he uncovered himself to a lady throughout the filming of the comedy Arthur in 2010. Model denies the declare.
In February, it was reported that the previous comic had shut down his dependancy and psychological well being charity within the UK.
The Solar newspaper reported that the nationwide Charity Fee was informed again in September 2024 that the comic turned on-line guru’s Keep Free Basis “now not operates,” and was faraway from the official register of charities final month.
Model based the charity following his personal restoration from heroin dependancy in 2003. He was a frequent advocate for well being providers to supply extra assist for addicts, and in 2013 made a documentary in regards to the topic for the BBC.
