Prosecutors in Britain have charged Russell Model, the comic and actor, with a number of counts of sexual assault, together with two counts of rape.
The nation’s Crown Prosecution Service introduced the fees on Friday.
Jaswant Narwal, a prosecutor, stated within the assertion that Mr. Model, 50, would seem at Westminster Magistrates’ Court docket in London for a primary listening to on Might 2.
Ms. Narwal added that the fees “relate to reported non-recent offenses between 1999 and 2005, involving 4 girls.”
The British police started investigating Mr. Model’s previous conduct in September 2023, after The Sunday Occasions, The Occasions of London and the TV community Channel 4 printed a joint investigation into allegations towards him.
Representatives for Mr. Model didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Friday, however he has repeatedly denied ever having dedicated sexual assault.
After the 2023 information investigation was printed, Mr. Model launched a video on social media through which he stated the British media was subjecting him to “a litany of extraordinarily egregious and aggressive assaults.” Mr. Model stated that he had as soon as been sexually promiscuous however that his sexual encounters had been “all the time consensual.”
The Metropolitan Police in London outlined additional particulars of the fees in a information launch on Friday. Mr. Model is accused of raping a girl within the Bournemouth space, in southern England, in 1999; of indecently assaulting a girl in London in 2001; of orally raping and sexually assaulting a girl in London in 2004; and, between 2004 and 2005, of sexually assaulting a fourth lady in London.
The police assertion added: “The Met’s investigation stays open and detectives ask anybody who has been affected by this case, or anybody who has any info, to come back ahead and communicate with police.”
Below British legislation, it’s an offense for information retailers to establish individuals who make sexual assault allegations except they select to waive their proper to anonymity.
Mr. Model grew to become a star in Britain within the 2000s due to acclaimed stand-up reveals that usually targeted on medicine and intercourse, and that noticed him promoting out enviornment dates. He additionally grew to become referred to as a TV and radio host for broadcasters together with MTV and the BBC. He achieved fame in the USA after starring in motion pictures similar to “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Get Him to the Greek,” and thru a quick marriage to the singer Katy Perry.
Extra just lately, Mr. Model has change into nicely referred to as a politically charged YouTuber. Over six million customers subscribe to his channel the place he posts movies that commonly embrace dialogue of conspiracy theories and have conservative figures like Tucker Carlson.
On Thursday, Mr. Model posted a clip about Donald Trump and the battle between Russia and Ukraine.
In Britain, strict guidelines stop the reporting of something that would prejudice a jury at trial after costs have been filed.
