Earlier feedback made about Russell Model by his ex-wife Katy Perry in addition to different stars have been circulating amid the sexual assault allegations towards the comic.
The Sunday Instances, The Instances and Channel 4’s Dispatches reported in a joint investigation on Saturday (September 16) that one girl has alleged that she was raped by Model, whereas three others have accused him of sexual assault. One of many ladies additionally claimed that the rebranded wellness guru had been bodily and emotionally abusive.
Model has denied the allegations levelled towards him, insisting that every one of his relationships have been consensual.
Within the wake of the allegations, earlier feedback made in regards to the TV star have been shared extensively on-line.
A Vogue interview from 2013 with Model’s ex-wife Perry noticed her describe his behaviour as “very controlling”, alluding to what she described as a “actual fact” in regards to the comic that she wouldn’t disclose.
“I felt a number of duty for it ending, however then I came upon the actual fact, which I can’t essentially disclose as a result of I hold it locked in my protected for a wet day,” Perry mentioned.
Elsewhere, singer Dannii Minogue mentioned in a 2006 interview with The Mirror that Model is “a little bit of a vile predator”.
She recalled an look on Model’s MTV chat present 1 Leicester Sq. the place she had been booked on the present to debate the discharge of her album ‘The Hits & Past’.
“He’s fully loopy and a little bit of a vile predator. I actually don’t suppose he has cured his intercourse dependancy, that’s for positive. He wouldn’t take no for a solution,” Minogue mentioned.
“He’s clearly very clever – however he wears extra make-up than I do. Usually, I really like guys with eyeliner on. It may be very horny, however not on Russell. Completely no method, by no means, he’s simply not my kind.
“All through the entire interview, he saved making stunning remarks that I can’t even repeat. Simply uttering the phrases would make me blush.”
Model’s shtick as a family identify in comedy within the ’00s noticed him repeatedly make crude jokes of a sexual nature or behave inappropriately. In a 2012 interview with Liz Hayes for 60 Minutes, Model grabbed the TV host and kissed her earlier than making a joke about unhooking her bra.
Hayes addressed the second in a 2021 retrospective on her profession, saying: “If you interview Russell Model you don’t actually know who’s going to indicate up. Seasoned as I’m as a journalist, I’m ready for all occasions and every kind of individuals.
“And when Russell Model determined he wish to kiss me, nicely, you measurement up the state of affairs. You suppose, Mmm-hmm. Am I in peril? What might go unsuitable?’”
Regardless of the accusations at Model being unproven, they’ve triggered important backlash. He has been dropped by his administration and Trevi Ladies, a ladies’s charity based mostly within the UK. The Keep Free Basis, which goals to assist folks coping with dependancy points, has additionally introduced the severance of their partnership.
Model shared a video upfront of the publication of the claims to disclaim “very critical” however on the time unspecified “allegations” towards him.
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— Russell Model (@rustyrockets) September 15, 2023
“I’ve obtained two extraordinarily disturbing letters or a letter and an e mail. One from a mainstream media TV firm, one from a newspaper itemizing a litany of extraordinarily egregious and aggressive assaults, in addition to some fairly silly stuff like my group pageant ought to be stopped, that I shouldn’t be capable to assault mainstream media narratives on this channel,” he claimed within the video.
Model went on to counsel that the investigations had been a part of a “coordinated media assault”, “like with Joe Rogan, when he dared to take a medication that the mainstream media didn’t approve of”.
The comic, TV host and wellness guru has amassed a big following on social media lately (3.8 million accounts on Instagram, 2.2 million on TikTok and 6.6 million on YouTube).
Model usually interviews far-right figures and promotes conspiracy theories on points such because the COVID pandemic, the conflict in Ukraine, and the local weather disaster.
He has seen help from excessive profile names together with Twitter proprietor Elon Musk and proper wing commentators and associates together with Alex Jones and Andrew Tate.
In associated information, a resurfaced clip from the Dispatches documentary confirmed that Model as soon as supplied to take considered one of his assistants bare to Jimmy Savile, the latter of whom was revealed posthumously to have dedicated sexual offences towards kids and adults.
For assist, recommendation or extra info relating to sexual harassment, assault and rape within the UK, go to the Rape Disaster charity web site. Within the US, go to RAINN.
