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Russell Brand accuser claims he raped her as 16-year-old and seeks age of consent change

Mia Latter says Russell Brand raped her when she was 16 and is backing a campaign for stronger protections for teenagers.

  • On Saturday, Mia Latter, 37, waived her anonymity to publicly accuse convicted rapist Russell Brand of abusing her when she was 16 and he was 30.
  • Brand, 51, began serving a 10-and-a-half-year prison sentence on Monday after being convicted of one count of rape and three sexual assaults at Southwark Crown Court.
  • Latter alleges Brand orally raped her and referred to her as "the child" in front of his entourage; her school attendance fell to 30 percent during the relationship.
  • Campaigning for law reform, Latter is calling for a "staggered" age of consent prohibiting relationships between adults and teens aged 16 and 17.
  • Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley noted investigations into new allegations against Brand continue, saying he would not be surprised if "many more" victims come forward.
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A woman who claims she was raped by Russell Brand when she was 16 has waived her right to anonymity and launched a campaign to change Britain's age of consent law. She is proposing a phased age limit to prohibit intimate relationships between adults and 16- and 17-year-olds. The woman was among six people who made allegations against Brand in 2023 as part of an investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4's Dispatches. She went by …

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Mia Latter, who claims to have been raped by British comedian Russell Brand when she was 16 years old, renounced her right to retain her anonymity to ask the British government for a legislative change. Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison on Mondays in the file where he was...

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Woman reveals identity to accuse Russell Brand of raping her when she was 16

A woman has revealed her identity to publicly claim she was raped by Essex-born Russell Brand as a 16-year-old girl.

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GB News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Saturday, November 14, 2026.
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