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In a separate statement, police said: “Following an investigation by The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches in 2023, the Met received a number of reports of sexual offences from women in London and elsewhere in the country.
“As part of the investigation, a man in his forties has been interviewed by officers under caution on three separate occasions.”
The initial investigation by Dispatches and The Sunday Times included accusations of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse spanning seven years.
It is not known how many alleged victims have come forward to the police in total, or when the information about the six allegations made in December first came to light.
The boss of Channel 4 apologised to a former employee earlier this year after an internal investigation found it did not investigate a “serious” complaint against Brand in 2009.
A separate probe by Banijay UK, a production company, found informal concerns flagged about Brand during his time at Channel 4 were “not properly escalated”.
An investigation said managers had been alerted to allegations that he asked staff to get the phone numbers of audience members, although no formal complaints were made.
There were also claims his behaviour had made female crew members feel intimidated and uncomfortable.
The BBC is investigating complaints about Brand’s alleged behaviour during his time working for the corporation.
Bosses at the broadcaster ordered a thorough review to establish what was known about his alleged actions amid claims that at least one senior executive brushed complaints under the carpet.
It was claimed last year that Brand exposed himself to a woman before going on air, then laughing about it during his BBC radio show.
The alleged victim said that she was stunned after the encounter in Los Angeles in June 2008 and that shortly after on Radio 2 he laughed with his co-presenter, who said Brand “showed his w—- to a lady”.
Brand has since been axed by agents and publishers and has had his YouTube channel demonetised.
He has continued to post to the Rumble video platform, which “emphatically” refused demands from MPs to suspend his ability to make money.
Brand, who has insisted that all of his sexual relationships have been consensual, was contacted for comment.
Responding to the accusations made against him in September 2023, he said they were “astonishing”, “rather baroque” and part of a “serious and concerted agenda” to silence him.
The Telegraph, London