Russell Brand’s Police Interview Footage Released After Rape Conviction Shows How He Answered Detectives

The criminal case against Russell Brand has reached a major turning point, and the Metropolitan Police are now showing the public what happened behind closed doors during the investigation. The former actor and comedian, who was a BBC Radio 2 presenter between 2006 and 2008 in addition to his comedy and film career, had denied every allegation against him for years.

The case dates back to 2023. The Metropolitan Police opened their investigation in September 2023 after the allegations were first reported publicly by The Times and Channel 4’s investigative show ‘Dispatches’. Brand was criminally charged on April 4 of last year, and he pleaded not guilty on all 5 counts at a London court.

That trial has now ended in a conviction. Brand was convicted Thursday on 3 counts of sexual assault and 1 count of rape in his London criminal trial, while he was found not guilty of 2 other rape charges and a count of attempted indecent assault. Shortly after the verdict, the Metropolitan Police released footage from interviews conducted between 2023 and 2025, showing how he responded to the allegations during questioning.

The released clips paint a picture of a man who largely refused to engage. Brand mostly stays quiet and repeatedly tells officers he has nothing further to add. Footage from a December 2023 interview shows him remaining largely silent as an investigator describes a woman’s claims, while he says his solicitors’ questions to police have largely gone unanswered.

🚨 Russell Brand police interrogation videos released after rape conviction. 🎥: Metropolitan Police https://t.co/69BFNH18rH

— TMZ (@TMZ) November 5, 2026

He did offer a broader defense through prepared statements. In one interview, he reads from a prepared statement acknowledging his previous sexual behavior while denying wrongdoing, admitting he had lived a very promiscuous life but maintaining that he had never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity. He also called the 2023 documentary ‘Russell Brand: In Plain Sight’ defamatory and fictitious.

Brand went further in blaming the coverage around him. He accused the media of “reframing” what he called consensual encounters. According to the released material, he also suggested that public appeals for more allegations had led to encounters being invented or reimagined.

Damn, we actually have Russell Brand’s full police interview from 2023, he has now been found guilty of rape. https://t.co/2wjM977ZgX

— 𝔾𝕣𝕚𝕗𝕥𝕪 (@TheGNPE) November 5, 2026

The jury’s decision was not unanimous across every charge in Brand’s favor or against him. The rape conviction relates to a woman who met Brand at a Hammersmith Apollo gig of his in 2009. He was cleared of oral rape and also found not guilty of raping a woman in a Bournemouth hotel room after the Labour Party conference in 1999.

Brand is now in custody. He has been remanded and will be sentenced on Monday, and because he is considered a flight risk, he has been denied bail. Mr Justice Bennathan told him that a custodial sentence of some length would follow.

Russell Brand was called a “vile predator” years before he was found guilty. https://t.co/xgCaag7uzg

— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) November 6, 2026

His legal troubles may not be over, either. Brand, who was acquitted on 3 other charges, is also being investigated over rape allegations made by 2 other women. Authorities have been blunt in their assessment. “Russell Brand was predatory and used his celebrity status to commit sexual crimes,” senior Crown prosecutor David Roberts said in a statement shared with CBC News.

The Metropolitan Police also praised the women involved. The force called the verdict a testament to the courage, resilience and determination of the women who came forward, and said Brand used his influence, status and fame to prey on and exploit women.

🚨Russell Brand is being led away in a white van. Guilty of rape and three sexual assaults. Paparazzi chasing the van. Sentencing Monday. https://t.co/lRXHYaT1qz

— Grace Bella Ashford (@RealGraceBella) November 5, 2026

The footage stands in sharp contrast to how Brand addressed the case publicly. When he was charged, he said in a video that he was not a rapist and had never engaged in non-consensual sex, and he described the court process as an opportunity to defend himself.

That defense ultimately failed on the most serious counts. With sentencing just days away, the released interviews offer a rare look at how Brand handled the investigation before a jury reached its decision.

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