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YouTube suspends Russell Brand’s sites as comic faces alleged rape police investigation

YouTube has suspended Russell Brand’s money-making channels for “”violating its creator responsibility policy”.

The platform said it was acting to “protect” its users.

Beleaguered Brand has more than six million followers on the channel.

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It’s estimated he makes £1 million a year from associated adverts.

Brand is also facing a police investigation into allegations of rape and sexual assaults between 2006 and 2013.

He denies all the claims.

A YouTube spokesman said:

“If a creator’s off-platform behaviour harms our users, employees or ecosystem, we take action.”

Brand’s “Bipolarisation” tour has also been postponed.

The sexual allegations against Brand, 48, were made in a joint investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches.

Before broadcast Brand took to online media to deny all allegations.

He said he was the subject of a co-ordinated attack” involving “very serious allegations that I absolutely refute”.

He added that his relationships had been “always consensual”.

 

 

 

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