Brand accused of sexual misconduct by six more women

Half of the new accusers were attendees at his shows or gigs, where he would use his fame to pick up women, the newspaper said.

Some complainants were said to have felt unable to go to the police, but wanted to speak out after other women came forward.

Brand has previously denied wrongdoing and claimed all his relationships were consensual.

All the women spoke to the newspaper before hearing the allegations presented in court.

Several of Brand’s accusers say they met him after his shows, where he would invite members of the audience to take photographs of him. He would also take the phone numbers of young women in the crowd.

One woman, named only as Alex, who dated Brand in the late 2000s, said he had sex with her without a condom despite her telling him to stop. She alleged that he became controlling after they began an on-off relationship.

She said he attempted to initiate sex when they were in bed together, but she asked him to stop when she noticed he was not wearing a condom.

“And then he was very close, on top of me, and sort of pushing, but I knew he didn’t have a condom on and I said, ‘No, stop’, and I started to sort of try and move. And … that wasn’t happening,” she said.

Afterwards, Brand allegedly apologised in person and by text message.

A second woman, named as Vicky, said she met Brand at one of his gigs in 2007, when she was 19, and they had consensual sex on two occasions.

The third and final time they met up, in a UK city they were both visiting, he allegedly initiated sex without intimacy or foreplay, causing her to say “it’s painful” and ask him twice to stop.

She said: “I say, ‘It’s painful’ and he doesn’t stop. And then it gets worse and it’s really painful. And I say ‘stop’ and he doesn’t stop.”

Another woman, Zoe, said Brand groped her buttocks and breasts after one of his gigs in San Francisco in 2013.

After inviting her back to his hotel, she claimed he “shoved his other hand down my trousers and penetrated me with his finger”, causing her to freeze.

Georgia, who Brand approached in 2005, said Brand “nearly made me sick” during oral sex.

She said the comedian showered her with praise in messages and claimed he “might kill myself” if she didn’t go home with him after a gig in London, and offered to pay her for sex.

“He’s like a vampire, trying to take something from women,” she said.

Rosie, who was in her late 20s when she met Brand in 2006, said the comedian asked her to lick a lavatory seat after the pair had sex.

The final accuser, referred to as Louise, then in her late 20s, said he tried to entice her into the disabled lavatory of the London venue where she worked. With the light off, Brand allegedly grabbed her forcefully.

Fearing Brand would sexually assault her, she managed to slip away. “I felt like a piece of meat,” she said.

The alleged incident took place in 2015, the year Ed Miliband appeared on Brand’s show during the general election campaign.

Brand was sentenced on Monday after being found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault against four women from 2004 to 2009.

On Tuesday, it emerged that further criminal allegations against him had been made to police since the start of his trial.

The Metropolitan Police said several people had been in contact during and since the conclusion of the case. The force said those who had been in contact had either provided further information or reported potential criminal allegations. Detectives were assessing the information, it added.

Following Brand’s conviction, Sir Mark Rowley, the head of the Met Police, said he “wouldn’t be surprised” if more victims came forward.

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