Russell Brand accused of ‘raping 16-year-old’ who he referred to as ‘the child’
'I felt so much shame and embarrassment around the whole thing.'
ARCHIVED · 5 LEFT · 0 CENTER · 1 RIGHT · Nov 15, 1:16 AM
The National (Scotland) reaches for "alleges" where Daily Express stays flat.
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Different Spin. The left frames it as "Woman who alleges she was raped by Russell Brand waives her anonymity". The right frames it as "Russell Brand accused of raping 16-year-old girl he nicknamed ‘the child’".
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'I felt so much shame and embarrassment around the whole thing.'
DISTRESSING CONTENT WARNING: Mia Latter, previously known as 'Alice', has spoken publicly about her relationship with Brand when he was 30 and she was 16.
Mia Latter, now 37, who claims she was raped by Brand when she was 16, is now campaigning for a change in consent laws
Mia Latter was referred to under pseudonym of Alice in previous reporting including Channel 4 Dispatches documentary
She is calling for the introduction of a staggered age of consent, which would make relationships between adults and teens aged 16 and 17 illegal.
A woman has revealed her identity to publicly claim she was raped by Russell Brand as a 16-year-old girl