Alleged Russell Brand rape victim wants age of consent law changed

A woman who has alleged that she was raped by Russell Brand when she was 16 has waived her right to anonymity and is campaigning for a staggered age of consent in an interview with the Sunday Times. Mia Latter was one of six women who made allegations against Brand in 2023 as part of a Times, Sunday Times and Channel 4's Dispatches investigation. She was known under the pseudonym 'Alice'.

Brand denied the allegations at the time. On Monday the entertainer was sentenced to 10 and a half years for one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He was acquitted of two counts of rape and one allegation of attempted indecent assault.

The Sunday Times reported that Latter had initially described the allegation about Brand to them as a sexual assault and that is how they reported it in their 2023 investigation. Latter said she was 16 when she met Brand, who was 30 at the time, when she was on her way home from a shopping trip. She said Brand was working at MTV.