YouTube stated on Tuesday it had blocked Russell Brand from getting cash from his on-line channel after the British actor and comic was accused of a string of sexual assaults.
Brand, as soon as one in every of Britain’s most high-profile comedians and broadcasters, stated on Saturday he had by no means had non-consensual intercourse.
That got here because the Sunday Times newspaper and Channel 4 TV’s documentary present “Dispatches” reported that 4 girls had accused the 48-year-old of sexual assaults, together with a rape, between 2006 and 2013.
The allegations about Brand have despatched shockwaves by means of the British media and dominated protection since they emerged on Saturday.
The BBC stated on Tuesday it had eliminated some reveals that includes Brand from its iPlayer and Sounds platforms after deciding that some previous tv and radio content material “now falls below public expectations”.
Caroline Dinenage, chair of parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee, stated she had written to the BBC plus broadcasters Channel 4 and GBNews, in addition to tech agency TikTok relating to the allegations.
London police stated on Monday they’d obtained an allegation of sexual assault relationship from 2003.
Brand, the previous husband of U.S. singer Katy Perry, has repositioned himself in recent times to construct a greater than 6 million-strong following to his YouTube channel.
Recent movies included an interview with the previous Fox News host Tucker Carlson and discussions on every little thing from COVID to UFOs, censorship and wellbeing.
YouTube, owned by Google dad or mum Alphabet Inc, stated it had suspended monetization on Brand’s channel after he violated its creator duty coverage.
“If a creator’s off-platform behavior harms our users, employees or ecosystem, we take action to protect the community,” a YouTube spokesperson stated.
TikTok was requested by parliamentary committee chair Dinenage whether or not Brand was nonetheless in a position to monetise his Tiktok posts. She additionally requested for time-scale and progress experiences from the BBC and Channel 4 about their investigations into Brand.
Brand issued a video message on social media on Saturday to disclaim the “very serious criminal allegations” hours earlier than they had been printed.
“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,” Brand stated.
“Now, during that time of promiscuity, the relationships I had were absolutely always consensual,” added the comic, recognized for his flamboyant fashion and look.
Live reveals deliberate by Brand have additionally been cancelled because the allegations had been splashed throughout the media.
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