British comedian Russell Brand is being investigated over rape allegations made by two more women, it can now be reported. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing BBC News.

The 51-year-old was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault by a jury of eight men and four women at Southwark Crown Court following a three-week trial. He was found not guilty of two counts of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault.

The detective who led the police investigation said more victims are likely to come forward following his conviction. Det Supt Andy Furphy, from the Metropolitan Police, said he hoped other women would gain "courage" and "confidence" from the guilty verdicts.

Brand had initially been coy and quiet in police interviews, said Furphy, but became bolder as officers continued to question him. "As he gets used to something, he becomes more emboldened by it," Furphy said. "You can certainly see that in his offending." Hundreds of people were interviewed as part of the investigation and officers said several witnesses came forward, some of whom had previously had a sexual relationship with Brand. Katy Perry, the US singer who was married to Brand from 2010 to 2012, was not interviewed.

Brand, described in court as "ruthless" and a "sexual predator", was once one of the UK's most high-profile and in-demand entertainers. Some of the women said they had been left "haunted for years" by what he did to them.

Speaking to the BBC, officers working on the three-year Metropolitan Police investigation described how bringing Brand to justice was not without its challenges.

Allegations about Brand's behaviour first emerged in the media in September 2023. The Times, Sunday Times and Channel 4's Dispatches programme jointly reported that four women had accused him of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse - claims he strongly denied. The investigation into other reports against Brand began soon after the story broke.

"We kind of assumed that people might want to come forward," Furphy said, "and people came forward." Victim reports were made to forces across the country and the Met set up a dedicated team of officers to lead the investigation, which it called Operation Actinolite. Officers said they have since taken more than 340 witness statements - including from Brand's former employers, his ex-colleagues and associates. One officer was assigned to read Brand's books, watch his stand-up routines and DVDs and listen to his podcasts to help build the case.

Brand's high profile and the intense media scrutiny around him proved a challenge to officers, said Furphy. Another complexity for the team was the allegations were all "non-recent". The earliest dated back 27 years. It meant there was no CCTV and no forensic evidence to work with. Furphy said police had to look for other ways to build their case. "Can we look at where the victims were at the time? Who did they speak to in the aftermath of it? Did they tell anybody else? What other available material is there for us to review that might lend some weight to it? Just because it's non-recent doesn't mean that we can't solve it at all."

A former friend of Brand's was called to court to give evidence for the prosecution, while a statement from the parents of one of the women was heard. The entertainer's former personal assistant, who worked closely with Brand, told the jury about his "insane sexual appetite".

Two months after the police investigation began, Brand was interviewed under caution for the first time. He was interviewed on two further occasions in the following months. In each interview he provided officers with a prepared statement, which said he did not recognise the complainants or recall the alleged incidents and that if any sexual activity had taken place, it would have been consensual. He then answered "no comment" to the officers' questions.

Charges were brought against Brand in early April 2025: one count of rape, one count of oral rape, two charges of sexual assault and one allegation of indecent assault. The final charge would later be changed to attempted indecent assault at his trial. The charges all related to women who had come forward since the initial Channel 4 documentary.