Comedian and actor Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault

British comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with rape and sexual assault, London’s Metropolitan Police said Friday.

LONDON — British comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with rape and sexual assault, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said Friday.

The “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” star was charged with two counts of rape, indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault, Jaswant Narwal, Chief Crown Prosecutor for London North said on Friday.

“These relate to reported non-recent offences between 1999 and 2005, involving four women,” she added.

Brand has previously denied the allegations, saying that all his relationships have been consensual. NBC News has reached out to his representatives for comment.

Russell Brand in 2014.Mike Marsland / WireImage file“The women who have made reports continue to receive support from specially trained officers,” lead investigator Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy from the Metropolitan Police said in a separate statement.

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