Russell Brand is at present at the centre of a sex abuse scandal, after 4 ladies accused the ex-BBC presenter of rape, sexual assault, and emotional abuse.

The Essex-born comic and actor, 48, pre-emptively and vehemently denied the allegations in opposition to him. The claims had been first made public this weekend following a joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times, and Channel 4’s Dispatches.

One of the ladies who spoke out in opposition to the Rock of Ages actor alleged he raped her at his residence in Los Angeles on 1 July 2012, which might have been shortly after his relationship with pop star Katy Perry led to divorce.

The Independent has contacted Perry’s representatives for remark.

Details about the superstar couple’s turbulent relationship got here to mild within the weeks and months after separating, with Brand’s behaviour dealing with scrutiny following the discharge of the Perry-focused music documentary Part of Me in 2012.

In an interview that yr, the pop star made numerous damning claims about her marriage to the previous Big Brother host – and their divorce.

Here’s a breakdown of what we know about Brand and Perry’s relationship:

‘Christmas eve jitters’

Perry first met Brand on the set of Get Him to the Greek, the 2010 comedy through which he starred alongside Jonah Hill. The “Roar” singer had been forged in a cameo reverse Brand, who performed British rock star Alduous Snow, and their scene concerned an on-screen kiss.

Afterwards, Perry recalled “hopping like a bunny” in a 2010 interview with Glamour journal. “I hop like a bunny when I’m happy – I get a bit childlike. He gives me the Christmas Eve jitters,” she stated about their encounter.

The subsequent time Perry and Brand met was throughout rehearsals for the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2009, when she threw a bottle at him to get his consideration.

In the second installment of his memoir, My Booky Wook 2, Brand described how Perry stood “beaming and pleased with herself” after she caught his consideration. Flirty banter ensued, earlier than Perry gave him the Alexander McQueen bracelet she was sporting, as a souvenir.

“Then, looking into her eyes, quietly I said: ‘I don’t need anything to remind me of you.’ That is how I fell in love,” the English performer, then 35, wrote. Brand and Perry had been later seen kissing at a VMAs after-party hosted by Lady Gaga, as a brand new Hollywood romance had formally begun.

Three months later, he proposed to Perry on New Year’s Eve throughout a visit to Jaipur, India.

After a 10-month engagement, the previous couple returned to India – this time for a lavish Hindu wedding ceremony close to Ranthambore wildlife sanctuary in Rajasthan. “I’m really happily married,” the Forgetting Sarah Marshall actor gushed to Ellen DeGeneres throughout a subsequent look on her chat present.

Fourteen months later, Brand sent Perry a text message ending their short-lived marriage.

“Let’s just say I haven’t heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me 31 December, 2011,” Perry instructed Vogue in 2013.

Footage from Perry’s 2012 documentary captures how the newly-weds had been combating distance amid the singer’s touring schedule. At one level, Perry admits she’s “fighting to keep my marriage alive” as Brand refuses to go to her on tour. At one other, they argue about having youngsters, with Perry – who’s 10 years youthful than Brand – saying she wasn’t able to have youngsters on the time.

On New Year’s Eve in 2011, Brand despatched her the now-infamous textual content ending their relationship. Shortly after, he filed for divorce from the singer, citing “irreconcilable differences”. In the aftermath of their divorce, which was finalised in February 2012, Brand and Perry individually addressed the explanations for his or her break up.

In an interview with Howard Stern on his Sirius XM present, Brand instructed Perry’s unwillingness to have youngsters finally led to the breakdown of their marriage. “She’s young, successful and dedicated,” he stated, on the time. “[The reality is] you can’t fully understand it until you do it. I was really into the idea of marriage and having children.”

Meanwhile, Perry appeared responsible their break up on Brand being intimidated by her success and pop stardom.

“At first when I met him he wanted an equal, and I think a lot of times strong men do want an equal, but then they get that equal and they’re like, ‘I can’t handle the equalness’,” she stated, throughout her Vogue interview. “He didn’t like the atmosphere of me being the boss on tour. So that was really hurtful, and it was very controlling, which was upsetting.”

Elsewhere, Perry instructed Billboard she channelled the harm from their sudden break up into her fourth studio album Prism, explaining “I put all the evidence in the music”. She would go on to explain her divorce from Brand as “emotionally traumatic” and the “death of a dream” throughout subsequent appearances.

As Brand started reorienting his profession away from Hollywood to YouTube, the place he began his controversial sequence The Trews: True News with Russell Brand, he additionally claimed their relationship suffered because of the “undulating nature of fame”.

In mild of the sexual assault allegations in opposition to Brand, YouTube introduced he’ll now not be capable of earn cash from adverts on his channel. The firm stated the suspension was attributable to Brand “violating” its Creator Responsibility coverage.

Perry has been engaged to Orlando Bloom since 2019, with the couple welcoming their daughter Daisy Dove the next yr.

In 2020, she mirrored on her temporary relationship with Brand, evaluating it to a “tornado”, including that she has “always resonated with friction, resistance and challenges”.

Meanwhile, Brand is now married to author Laura Gallacher. The couple share two daughters, with Brand confirming Gallacher is anticipating their third little one.

Gallacher has not addressed the allegations in opposition to Brand.

Rape Crisis presents help for these affected by rape and sexual abuse. You can name them on 0808 802 9999 in England and Wales, 0808 801 0302 in Scotland, and 0800 0246 991 in Northern Ireland, or go to their web site at www.rapecrisis.org.uk.If you might be within the US, you possibly can name Rainn on 800-656-HOPE (4673)