RUSSELL Brand has been accused of raping a 16-year-old girl when he was 30 with the victim alleging he nicknamed her “the child” to his entourage.
The disgraced star, 51, was this week sentenced to ten-and-a-half years behind bars after he was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting multiple women.
Brand was found guilty of raping a woman in 2009, as well as sexually assaulting female TV and radio workers between 2004 and 2009.
He preyed on women and used his growing fame – from presenting Big Brother’s Big Mouth and Hollywood movies – to target the victims in a range of locations.
The shamed star has previously denied allegations of wrongdoing and maintained his relationships were consensual.
But following the bombshell trial, one brave woman has now come forward alleging that she had a relationship with Brand while she was just 16 and the star was 30.
Mia Latter, 37, has waived her right to lifelong anonymity – afforded to all victims of alleged sexual offences in the UK – to speak out about her alleged relationship.
Mia claims that her life was derailed by an emotionally and sexually abusive relationship with Brand, The Times reports.
She told outlet: “I felt so much shame and embarrassment around the whole thing, that I let this stupid thing ruin my prospects.
“My attendance was at 30 per cent. I was missing school to sneak off and see him [Brand] and I was diagnosed with depression.”
As their relationship developed, Brand told her to keep it secret from her school friends, but she claims his entourage knew, according to the Times.
He even referred to Mia as “the child” in front of them and on the phone to his manager, John Noel, the outlet reported.
Until now, Mia had only been known publicly as “Alice” — the pseudonym The Sunday Times gave her in its 2023 investigation, conducted alongside The Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches.
Towards the end of the relationship, Mia alleges Brand orally raped her.
Speaking to The Times, she alleged: “He ended up forcing me against the headboard [of the bed] and I couldn’t move, and he orally raped me — and I was choking and crying.
“I was trying to push him off, so he knew that I didn’t want him to be doing that, and so then I ended up having to hit him in the stomach to get him off.”
Brand then allegedly pinned her down, held her mouth open and dribbled in it, before forcing her to swallow, she claims.
When he appeared on Megyn Kelly’s channel, Brand admitted that his relationship with Mia had been “exploitative” and that he had “manipulated” consent, which Latter describes as “laughable”.
She told The Times: “He wasn’t living at home [or] some schoolboy who was lost. He was a very successful man who had a lot of power and sway in the industry.
“Whereas I was a 16-year-old with no life experience, no sexual experience and no prior relationships. What was my level of maturity meant to be?”
The relationship lasted three months until a breakup Mia describes as “a farce”, according to The Times.
She told the outlet that she turned up at Brand’s flat, and said she would put her bag in the bedroom but he blocked the doorway.
When Mia entered the bedroom, she found another woman there so went outside to wait for a cab, as a third woman pulled up in a car.
Mia is now calling for the introduction of a “staggered” age of consent that would prohibit relationships between 16 and 17-year-olds and adults.
She said that “if you’re in your thirties, forties and fifties and you’re trying to have a relationship with someone under the age of 18” it should be a criminal offence.
It comes after it was revealed six more women have accused Brand of sexual misconduct and predatory behaviour.
The allegations include the star having sex with a woman without her consent before apologising afterwards.
To avoid prejudicing Brand’s criminal trial, the allegations could not be made public until after it had come to a conclusion.