Russell Brand charged by police for alleged driving offenses

Russell Brand was accused by police He was caught twice on allegations speeding He did not respond to legal letters about the alleged crimes.

Separately, the 49-year-old comedian and actor is currently under surveillance. investigation by Metropolitan Police following allegations of sexual offenses committed against him by multiple women.

A file relating to the complaints has been handed over to the Crown Prosecution Service to determine whether Brand will face charges.

The Standard discovered that Brand was also facing separate legal issues over alleged defects in his driving.

He was charged with two counts of speeding and two counts of failing to tell police whether he or someone else was driving.

Brand hired the law firm of Nick “Mr. Loophole” Freeman to represent him at police and magistrates’ court hearings on driving charges.

His case was initially handled at an institution known to be highly secretive. Single Justice Procedure It used to be where the judges sat in private, but now it looks like it’s going to a hearing in open court.

At the height of his fame, Brand was a star of Hollywood films, a Radio 2 presenter and a sought-after stand-up comedian and TV presenter.

But a joint investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 Dispatches revealed last year that four women had accused Brand of sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013.

Brand denies all the allegations, saying all of his sexual relationships were “absolutely always consensual.”

In a video statement published online, he said he was facing “extremely horrific and aggressive attacks.”

“Among these astonishing, quite baroque attacks, there are very serious allegations that I absolutely deny,” he said.

“These allegations relate to periods when I was working in the mainstream, constantly appearing in newspapers, appearing in films and acting very, very promiscuously, which I have written about extensively in my books.”

He continued: “Now, during this period of promiscuity, the relationships I had were absolutely, always consensual.

“I was always transparent about it then, almost too transparent, and I’m being transparent about it now.

“Seeing the transparency that I absolutely deny turn into crime makes me ask the question: Is there another agenda at play?”

Former Big Brother host Brand has transformed himself from mainstream celebrity to online conspiracy theorist and influencer in recent years and has millions of followers on YouTube.

In the summer, he attended the Republican National Convention to support Donald Trump.

A Mini registered to Brand is said to have been caught on a speeding camera on March 23, according to court documents obtained by The Standard in relation to one of the speeding charges and an alleged failure to respond to a police letter.

Thames Valley Police allege the vehicle was traveling at 37mph in a 30mph zone in Shiplake, near his home in Oxfordshire.

It is also claimed that a letter was written to Brand at his £3.7 million thatched roof retreat in Henley-on-Thames in April and a reminder letter was also sent, but there was no response.

Brand’s lawyer, from Freeman & Co Solicitors, asked in a letter to the court that no defense be entered against any of the charges.

“We respectfully request that the Single Judge not take any pleas at this stage and that the cases be listed for a memorial hearing so that representations can be made to the police for a speedy resolution of the matter,” he wrote on 10 October. .

“If the court accepts no pleas, we will request preliminary pleas of not guilty to all FOUR charges.

“We are asking that a hearing date not be set and that the case be listed for either docket or case management hearing.”

Court records show the case went before a magistrate sitting in Oxford on Oct. 25, and no plea was recorded.

The cases were postponed to a later date in open hearing.