Russell Model accused of sexual assault and rape.
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British comic and actor Russell Model has been charged with a number of sexual offences following a 13-month investigation by the Metropolitan Police, sparked by an investigation by the Occasions newspaper into his alleged remedy of girls.
The 50-year-old faces one depend every of rape, indecent assault, and oral rape, plus two counts of sexual assault, linked to purported incidents involving 4 girls between 1999 and 2005 in Bournemouth and Westminster, London. He’s set to look at Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom on Might 2.
He has denied all allegations, insisting his relationships had been consensual. The investigation intensified after The Occasions, Sunday Occasions, and Channel 4’s Dispatches uncovered claims final yr, prompting potential victims nationwide to contact police. Model was interviewed beneath warning thrice.
The fees embody:
- the rape of a lady in Bournemouth in 1999
- an indecent assault in Westminster in 2001
- the oral rape and sexual assault of one other girl in Westminster between 2004 and 2005.
Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy, main the investigation, mentioned the ladies reporting the incidents proceed to obtain help from educated professionals. The Met, aided by a unit shaped post-Jimmy Savile to deal with ‘non-recent’ offences, handed proof to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in November. CPS prosecutor Jaswant Narwal harassed the lively authorized proceedings, urging the general public to keep away from commentary that would prejudice Model’s proper to a good trial.
Russell Model displays on previous behaviour: ‘I might not dwell like that now’
In a 223 interview with ex-Fox host Tucker Carlson, Model mentioned ‘I’m conscious that I put myself in an especially weak place by being very, very promiscuous. That isn’t the kind of conduct I endorse and it’s definitely not how I might dwell now.’
Model, as soon as a outstanding TV presenter, comic and Hollywood star, rose to fame within the 2000s with roles in movies like Get Him to the Greek. Lately, he’s grow to be extra of an internet influencer character, selling wellness and Christianity.