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Channel 4 finds ‘no evidence’ bosses knew about Russell Brand allegations

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An internal investigation by Channel 4 has said that there is “no evidence” that its bosses were aware of allegations against Russell Brand.

Complaints against the 48-year-old comedian were made to the BBC and Metropolitan Police after a Channel 4 Dispatches and Sunday Times investigation aired in September revealed accusations by four women of rape, sexual assault and abuse between 2006 and 2013.

Brand has strongly denied all accusations said to have taken place while at the height of his fame between 2006 and 2013. He recently told former Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a YouTube

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