Russell Brand's ex claims he 'forced her to brush teeth until her mouth bled'

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Russell Brand's ex-girlfriend has claimed he once forced her to brush her teeth so hard that her mouth started bleeding. Jordan Martin dated Brand for six months in 2007, after me…

Russell Brand's ex-girlfriend has claimed he once forced her to brush her teeth so hard that her mouth started bleeding. Jordan Martin dated Brand for six months in 2007, after meeting him at MTV studios. Martin has spoken publicly about her ordeal in a new Netflix documentary, Russell Brand: Open Secret, which documents Brand's rise from aspiring comedian to film star, before his eventual reinvention as a political activist and YouTuber known for promoting conspiracy theories.

The documentary culminates with his criminal trial, in which he faced allegations of rape and sexual assault.

Its release comes just days after Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault, and sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison. Brand has previously denied any non-consensual sexual acts.

It features an interview from Martin, who made a series of disturbing claims about the comedian. Martin, who was in a relationship with Brand for six months in 2007, is among several of his former partners who feature in the Netflix documentary, Russell Brand: Open Secret. Martin self-published a book about Brand in 2014. In the Netflix documentary, Martin alleges that Brand was controlling, including making her clean her teeth.

"He wanted me to taste anonymous," Martin said in the documentary. "And so, he was asking me to brush my teeth, but it just was never enough.

"He’s standing over me and I’m brushing and I’m brushing, and then I’m seeing my teeth bleeding."

Martin added: "I look at myself back then and I feel sorry for myself. And not in a bad or pitying way, I just feel like it wasn’t very fair."

She also alleged Brand followed her and forced his hand down her jeans before assaulting her and walking away when she had been attempting to arrange picking up her belongings from an ex-boyfriend.

On Monday (November 9), Brand was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. He was found guilty of raping a 21-year-old fan he met after one of his Hammersmith Apollo shows…

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