Russell Model has been seen for the primary time since he was accused of rape and sexual assault by a number of ladies.
The comic hasn’t been seen in public because the allegations first emerged in September that he’d engaged in abusive and predatory behaviour, together with rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse, between 2006 and 2013. He has denied all allegations.
Russell was pictured driving to his pub in Oxfordshire on Thursday in his £90,000 Land Rover Defender to talk to employees about ongoing renovations on the property.
The BBC, Channel 4 and manufacturing agency Banijay have launched investigations into Russell’s behaviour, whereas the Met Police and Thames Valley police mentioned they’re investigating complaints.
Final month it was revealed that Russell was pressured to take down fencing round his village pub after he put it up in breach of planning laws the day after he was accused of abusive and predatory behaviour.
Sighted: Russell Model has been seen for the primary time since he was accused of rape by a number of ladies
Sighting: The comic hasn’t been seen in public because the allegations first emerged in September that he’d engaged in abusive and predatory behaviour
The under-fire comedian was slammed after erecting the ‘unauthorised fencing’ after the hessian-coated boundaries had been put up in entrance of the Grade-II listed the Crown Inn.
And South Oxfordshire District Council has now confirmed that the star eliminated the boundaries after an investigation by their enforcement crew.
Footage taken on October 7 confirmed the naked pub uncovered once more to the general public and on the gate a person seems to be patrolling the perimeter in a high-vis lengthy coat as he walks alongside the flint wall.
For the reason that scandal engulfed Model, a number of residents have complained that on-site safety has prevented them from accessing public footpaths main up the comic’s house.
Model, 48, has confronted critical allegations of sexual assault, rape and emotional abuse from a number of totally different girl. He denies all claims and says any sexual encounters had been consensual.
Accusations printed in The Sunday Occasions and on Channel 4’s Dispatches in September noticed a number of ladies accusing Model of abusive and predatory behaviour, together with rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse, between 2006 and 2013.
He has vehemently denied the allegations – however the BBC, Channel 4 and manufacturing agency Banijay have launched investigations into his behaviour, whereas the Met Police and Thames Valley police mentioned they’re investigating complaints.
After Scotland Yard launched a felony probe into Russell Model, Thames Valley Police confirmed it was investigating ‘data in relation to the harassment and stalking allegations’ made by a lady.
Pictured: Russell was pictured driving to his pub in Oxfordshire on Thursday in his £90,000 Land Rover Defender to talk to employees about ongoing renovations on the property
Outrage: Model, 48, has confronted critical allegations of sexual assault, rape and emotional abuse from a number of totally different girl. He denies all claims
Controversy: Final month it was revealed that Russell was pressured to take down fencing round his village pub after he put it up in breach of planning laws
South Oxfordshire District Council has confirmed final month that the Russell eliminated the boundaries after an investigation by their enforcement crew
Within the newest allegation, the Mail has seen police logs claiming that the lady accused him of being a ‘sexual predator’.
She lived close to Model and have become pleasant with him in 2015, earlier than they every accused the opposite of harassment.
Police are understood to have regarded into her claims beforehand, and dismissed them. Now officers are re-examining the case.
On Saturday, Thames Valley Police mentioned it had been contacted by the lady final week ‘with new data in relation to the harassment and stalking allegations’.
It added: ‘This data is being investigated, as such it could be inappropriate to touch upon an ongoing investigation.’
It comes simply days after Russell was accused of sexually assaulting an actress on the set of Arthur in 2010.
Along with a number of claims made in opposition to him, Model has been accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed in New York on Friday, marking the primary such accusation levelled in court docket.
The girl, solely recognized as ‘Jane Doe’, claimed she was assaulted whereas she appeared as an additional in a scene from ‘Arthur’ filmed at Le Cirque restaurant in Manhattan in July 2010 – simply three months earlier than Model married pop star Katy Perry.
Assertion: After Scotland Yard launched a probe into Russell, Thames Valley Police confirmed it was investigating ‘data in relation to the harassment and stalking allegations’
Household: Russell (pictured along with his spouse Laura Gallacher) has since been accused of sexually assaulting an actress on the set of Arthur in 2010
The girl alleges in an affidavit that Model ‘appeared intoxicated, smelled of alcohol, and was carrying a bottle of vodka on set’ earlier than attacking her. She additionally claims that he uncovered his penis to her whereas on set.
The affidavit continued: ‘The sexual assault occurred later that very same day once I was within the toilet.
‘Mr. Model entered after me and assaulted me, as a member of the manufacturing crew guarded the door from exterior.’
The allegation in query comes throughout a time that Model was courting pop star Katy Perry.