Russell Model questioned by Met Police over alleged intercourse offences

Comic Russell Model has been interviewed by Metropolitan Police detectives over alleged historic intercourse offences which had been stated to have taken place throughout the peak of his fame.

Scotland Yard confirmed {that a} man in his 40s had attended a south London police station on Thursday, the place he was questioned in relation to 3 “non-recent” sexual offences.

He was interviewed underneath warning by detectives whereas the investigation continues. Model, 48, has repeatedly denied the claims and has described them as a “litany of extraordinarily egregious and aggressive assaults”.

Based on the Instances, these allegations are completely different from these detailed by The Sunday Instances and Channel 4’s Dispatches of their investigation into the BBC presenter, which noticed 4 ladies allege that he had sexually assaulted them between 2006 and 2013.

It included him having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old lady, raping a girl in LA and threatening a girl with authorized motion after sexually assaulting her in his bed room.

In September, the police stated they had been investigating a number of sexual offence allegations, whereas potential victims had additionally contacted forces elsewhere within the nation.

After the claims had been revealed in opposition to Model on 16 September, a girl contacted the Met to accuse the actor of sexually assaulting her in Soho in 2003.

Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy, who’s main the inquiry, later stated: “We proceed to encourage anybody who believes they might have been a sufferer of a sexual offence, regardless of how way back it was, to contact us.”

He added: “We perceive it will possibly really feel like a troublesome step to take, and I wish to reassure that we’ve got a workforce of specialist officers out there to advise and assist.”

The BBC has additionally stated it’s investigating 5 complaints about his behaviour which allegedly came about whereas he was working as certainly one of their presenters.

In a video posted on his YouTube channel, shortly earlier than the allegations had been made public, Model stated that “amid this litany of astonishing, moderately baroque assaults are some very severe allegations that I completely refute”.

He has since instructed he’s the goal of a “struggle on free speech” and that there was a “severe and concerted agenda” going down to silence him and his controversial platforms.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman stated: “A person in his forties attended a police station in south London on Thursday, 16 November 2023.

“He was interviewed underneath warning by detectives in relation to 3 non-recent sexual offences. Enquiries proceed.”