Latest as Tory MP says criminal probe should look into allegations against comedian

A criminal probe should look into the sexual assault allegations against Russell Brand, the chairwoman of the Commons Women and Equalities Committee, Caroline Nokes, has said.

Four women have come forward with allegations, dating between 2006 and 2013, when Mr Brand was a regular face on British television as the host of shows including Big Brother’s Big Mouth, and in films such as Forgetting Sarah Marshall and St Trinian’s.

Ahead of the publication of a long-running investigation, carried out by The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches, Mr Brand released a YouTube video in which he said he was facing “some very serious allegations that I absolutely refute”.

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