Russell Brand accused of ‘raping 16-year-old’ who he referred to as ‘the child’

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'I felt so much shame and embarrassment around the whole thing.'

A woman says she was raped by Russell Brand when she was 16 and claims he referred to her as ‘the child’.

Brand, 51, has begun a 10-and-a-half-year sentence after he was convicted of raping a woman in 2009, as well as sexually assaulting three women between 2004 and 2009.

Following his sentencing on Monday, he was sent to HM Prison Wandsworth, a Category B men’s jail in South West London, but is expected to be transported to HMP Wakefield in the coming days.

A further eight women have since come forward to accuse him of sexual abuse and predatory behaviour.

Now, waiving her right to anonymity, Mia Latter has accused the disgraced comic of abusing her when she was 16, and he was 30. They first met in Leicester Square when she was out shopping, and he asked for her number.

He messaged her, asking if she would like to go for dinner. Ms Latter says Brand, who was working at MTV at the time, still asked her to meet after she had confessed her age.

Ms Latter, now 37, told The Times that Brand has had a lasting impact on her life.

‘I felt so much shame and embarrassment around the whole thing, that I let this stupid thing ruin my prospects,’ she told the newspaper, revealing he instructed her to keep their relationship secret from her friends.

‘My attendance [at school] was at 30 per cent. I was missing school to sneak off and see him [Brand], and I was diagnosed with depression.’

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