Main allegations from the TV documentary (I note from this thread that separate women have come forward for the current case, these original allegations were a catalyst):
2005 16 year old Alice. (RB 30 yrs old)
Forced deep-throating. Removal of condom. Significant when it comes to separate evidence from Nadia.
(their relationship lasted 3 months)
Defence - in a relationship + consensual/legal even if immoral. They'd say she went after him three times. They could claim her evidence has been based on watching his stand-up.
Bad sex/back of neck/breath play defence.
Family member corroborates. Grooming in hindsight.
She contacted his book publishers 2020 for an apology.
Defence might also talk of her going into TV/her Mum driving her across to a "predator" and her hurt at being cheated on/humiliated leading to revenge.
2005/6 24 year old runner Rachel.
Flashed at/sexual harassment on set.
(they had a relationship later)
Defence - why would she enter into a relationship with her harasser? No record of complaint to production company.
Endemol no records.
2007 Jordan Martin.
Forced fingering.
(their relationship lasted 6 months)
She wrote a book about it in 2014.
Defence - tempestuous - she was making £ from it (story in tabloids/publication of novel)
2012 Nadia thirties. Raped without condom.
(they had slept together previously)
Medical report/text messages. Most damning of all the women - even if argued she was saying no to condomless sex, that still equates to rape.
Defence would state she had had sex with him before/wanted evidence to sue him/bag being trapped by a painting flimsy.
Decided against criminal/civil action.
She sent a letter to Brand later.
2013 Colleague Phoebe twenties. Attempted rape.
Defence would jump on their previous liaison and claim she was motivated by jealousy. Also that nothing actually happened and three of the bystanders didn't comment.
(they had had an earlier relationship)
Five people corroborate she told them of incident.
Plus toxic/naked/sexualised behaviour in general/across shows.
If Brand did have evidence to refute the above then he needed to provide it quickly. He didn't and police went on to investigate/support other women coming forward.
Other issues that came out/were revisited at the time -
Katharine Ryan's barbs on set/comediennes knowledge in comedy circles
His comment on Trevor Lock that the latter's rape allegation could have been against "any of us"
the Underbelly comments that Adam Rowe made before deletion
Daniel Sloss's insistence that he was on a predator warning list
the Super injunction and masseuse legal case/other threats of litigation
He never took $$$ from Katy Perry She once joked that she has the goods on him "locked in a vault"!
If any of the women from the documentary were being used in this case, the defence will claim that he had been in sexual relationships with all five women either before, during or after the time of the assault.
Alice was accused of a money-grab.
Rachel had a relationship with him after the flashing incident.
Jordan stands by her book but declined to be interviewed.
Nadia considered suing and sent a letter.
Phoebe wasn't raped.
The defence would argue shakedowns, scorned women, hearsay, the sex was legal and consensual or it didn't happen. Even with the damning texts, it would be argued that he's apologising for not using a condom rather than the act itself. As with stealthing, it still constitutes rape (withdrawal of consent and Nadia was vocal).
Please do not misconstrue me. I believed these women's accounts, but there was a case for reasonable doubt.
However, if after the documentary aired, more women came forward - which is what I have understood from this thread - then he has more to defend and surely, the CPS can find a pattern.
Unless the defence claim a fishing exercice.
Channel 4/Endemol/Radio 2 still have questions to answer about toxic work environments.
I feel sorry for his wife. They have iirc a 9 year old, 7 year old and 3 year old together. He has daughters now.
I read his first book and do think his upbringing with regard to a male role model/father into porn affected him.
Given the hundreds of women RB has slept with, my only surprise is that there are not more victims prepared to go to court.
But given some of the victim-blaming seen and the kind of defence which would be used (see above) along with his defenders e.g. Do the hundreds that have not gone against him negate the ones that do? His PA saying she suspected nothing as his groupies were more than willing.
etc it should not come as a shock that some women might not have wanted to put themselves through that mill.
I applaud the courage of those that have.