A creepy video of Russell Brand telling a Big Brother housemate to strip has resurfaced online.
A number of women, including a teenager, have accused Brand of sexual and physical abuse, including rape and assault in an explosive Dispatches documentary on Channel 4 broadcast earlier in September. Russell continues to strongly deny all accusations made against him, claiming he is being “attacked” by mainstream media.
Officers are continuing their investigations after the Met Police said historic allegations against the former comedian were being looked into. But as Brand continues to deny all accusations, a clip of him on Big Brother has re-surfaced online.
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In January of 2008, E4 premiered a new edition of Big Brother, titled Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack. The show ran in lieu of the celebrity edition of the show which had been pulled in the wake of the racism and bullying scandal one year previously.
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For Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack, famous faces would join the team and be the voice of Big Brother. Some celebrities taking on the role included horse racing pundit John McCririck and the Sugababes.
Russell, 48, was one of the celebrities to hijack the house, having worked on Big Brother’s Big Mouth previously. In the clip that re-surfaced, he speaks to Emilia Arata, then aged 19.
In the clip, Russell asks Emilia – a skilled gymnast – to show off some of her skills whilst she is in the Diary Room. Arata said she was in shock that she was even speaking to the comedian.
But the conversation takes a darker turn when he says to Emilia he is half-naked. Viewers could see this was a lie.
“Let me tell you, I’m sat in this Big Brother booth. I’m just wearing underpants – I’ve got my top off,” he said. Emilia said he was “killing her”, to which he responded: “No, well YOU’RE killing ME!”.
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Brand then asks her to show off her stunts. Emilia is unsure, saying: “But I have a bikini on,” to which Russell responds “That’s why I’m into it.”
Emilia then strips to her bikini and does a handstand, which leaves Russell baffled. He can be heard sucking air in between his teeth as he says: “You look amazing.”
As she finishes the display, Russell says: “I can easily see how those talents could be used in another context – or con-sex.” Emilia then hastily puts her jacket back on again.
She then says: “I’d better get my clothes on again,” which leaves Russell exclaiming: “Why?!” Emilia sounds audibly uncomfortable and nervous during the exchange.
Russell Brand continuously denies all allegations of sexual assault, rape and physical abuse made in the Channel 4 documentary. Posting a video before the documentary aired, Russell denied the “very serious and criminal allegations” made against him.
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He said in a video statement: “Amidst this litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks are some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute. 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.
“Now during that time of promiscuity the relationships I had were absolutely, always consensual. It’s worth mentioning there are witnesses whose evidence directly contradicts the narratives these two mainstream outlets are trying to construct, apparently in what seems to me to be a co-ordinated attack. I don’t want to get into this any further because of the serious nature of the allegations but I feel like I’m being attacked and plainly they are working very closely together.”
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