‘Thank God Katy Perry divorced him’: After Diddy, Russell Model charged with sexual assault and rape
Apr 05, 2025 10:04 PM IST
The formidable #MeToo is dragging one more Hollywood heavyweight down — this time it is Katy Perry’s ex-husband Russell Model
5 counts of sexual assault and rape from 4 ladies — that is what Russell Model was charged with, yesterday, April 4. These allegations had first crept in September 2023, throughout a joint investigation being carried out by The Sunday Instances, The Instances and Channel 4 present affairs present Dispatches. Following a radical investigation by the Metropolitan Police, Russell now stands charged with one depend of rape, one depend of indecent assault, one depend of oral rape and two counts of sexual assault. Whereas the incident of rape is believed to have taken place in a south England city in 1999, the indecent assault reportedly occurred in London in 2001; the oral rape coupled with one depend of sexual assault is claimed to have taken place in London three years later and the ultimate depend of sexual assault is believed to have additionally taken place in London between 2004 and 2005. One in every of these ladies alleged that she was all of 16 on the time of the mentioned ordeal, with Russell having been 30 on the time. Her model of occasions quotes Russell as saying, “I don’t give a f*** for those who’re 12…I must know the place I stand legally” throughout their ‘first date’.
The resurgence of this information has the web in a no-holds-bar state of affairs: “Thank God Katy divorced him”, “Severe Charles Manson vibes”, “Not shocked in any respect”, “Loopy eyes”, “Good. Lengthy overdue”, “His loopy eyes.”, “about time 👏”, “Effectively he was a pal of diddy’s” and “I’ve at all times considered him as a creepy man, now I do know why” learn among the preliminary reactions.
A day earlier than the investigation got here to gentle, Russell had refuted the claims upfront on his social media handles. An excerpt from it learn, “These allegations pertain to the time after I was working within the mainstream, after I was within the newspapers on a regular basis, after I was within the films. And as I’ve written about extensively in my books, I used to be very, very promiscuous. Now throughout that point of promiscuity, the relationships I had have been completely, at all times consensual”. His solely fault as per him, was being “too clear”.
Russell is ready to look in entrance of the Westminster Magistrates’ Courtroom in London on Could 2.
