Mia Latter alleges she was orally raped by Russell Brand when she was 16 and he was 30 years old, an encounter she previously characterized as sexual assault. While Brand was recently convicted and sentenced to over a decade in prison for offenses against other complainants, Latter's allegations were not part of that trial. She is now campaigning to make it a criminal offense for mature adults to pursue relationships with minors under 18, even if peer relationships remain legal. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Police confirmed an active inquiry into an allegation of rape opened in January 2026, though prosecutors require additional evidence before considering formal charges.
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The proposed staggered age of consent would permit relationships between peer teenagers w…: The proposed staggered age of consent would permit relationships between peer teenagers while criminalizing adults in their thirties or older who engage with minors under 18.
Latter is withdrawing her personal participation from the criminal justice system to devo…: Latter is withdrawing her personal participation from the criminal justice system to devote her full focus to campaigning for legal reform.
Russell Brand previously denied all allegations brought against him during the initial 20…: Russell Brand previously denied all allegations brought against him during the initial 2023 media investigation by Channel 4, The Times, and The Sunday Times.
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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.
None of the women in the 2023 media investigation were complainants in Brand's recent criminal trial.
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, 37, "now calls this allegation rape", the paper…
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