Pussycat Dolls star backs Russell Brand as he breaks silence after rape claims
Russell Brand returned to social media on Friday to give an updated statement as he continues to deny accusations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse.
In his speech posted on Instagram, the comedian, 48, spoke out about the claims made in the Dispatches documentary, in which he was branded a 'devil', a 'groomer' and a 'narcissist' by his alleged victims. And his latest statement was well supported by a number of his followers, including Pussycat Dolls singer Jessica Sutta.
The musician took to the comments of the comic - who is also known as Rusty Rockets - and wrote: "We support you!!!" She was far from the only person to offer their support in the comments section, with Alexis Ren sharing the same message.
In his clip, Russell said: "Hello there you awakening wonders, obviously, it's been an extraordinary and distressing week and I thank you very much for your support and for questioning the information you've been presented with. By now, you're probably aware that the British government have asked big tech platforms to censor our online content.
Jessica Sutta has voiced her support for Russell Brand ((Photo by ShowBizIreland.com/Getty Images))
Russell Brand has denied all allegations (Getty Images)"Some online platforms, have complied with that request. What you may not know is that this happens in the context of the Online Safety Bill – this is UK legislation that grants sweeping surveillance and censorship powers and is a law that has already been passed."
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He continued: "I also don't imagine that you've heard of the trusted news initiative and now, as often is the case when a word like trusted is used as part of an acronym to describe an unelected body, trust is the last thing you should be offering. The trusted news initiative is a collaboration between big tech and legacy media organisations to target, patrol, choke and shut down independent media organisations like this one.
"We'll be talking about that on our show on Monday on Rumble but just to give you an idea on what the TNI is, this is a quote from one of their spokespeople," before the screen showed a message which read 'Because actually the real rivalry now is not between for example the BBC and CNN globally, it's actually between all trusted news providers and... digital platforms.'
"It's clear that these organisations collaborate in constructing narratives, whether that's around the war or the pandemic and of course, there are other examples. It's very clear to me that we have to be very, very cautious indeed – that's why I'm asking you to follow me on Rumble. Rumble have made a clear commitment to free speech, Rumble is the primary platform that we will be streaming from. We'll be back, this Monday and as usual, we'll be talking about deep state and corporate conclusion and how ordinary democracy is shut down, ignored and avoided."
Jessica shared support on Instagram (russellbrand/Instagram)He added in his clip: "We'll be talking a military-industrial complex, these are able to facilitate and start wars that seem little more to be money laundering operations and that's with all respect to the hundreds of thousands of victims of numerous ongoing wars in the world at the moment. We'll be talking about the role of big pharma and how big pharma have been able to influence government policy around the world and how they've been able to evade due liability and necessary scrutiny, how they've been able to avoid media investigation or perhaps, be due them.
"And of course, we'll be talking about media corruption and censorship, so please, follow me on Rumble because that's the only way that we can keep our voice. I need your support now more than ever, more than I ever imagined I would. So follow me, support our channel if you can, if its within your means but more important than any of that, is that you please, if you can, stay free."
The upload was the first social media post Russell has made since the allegations were made against him in the Dispatches documentary on Channel 4, which stemmed from a joint investigation with The Times and Sunday Times. He has continued to deny the allegations.
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