Russell Model Seen At Westminster Court docket On Expenses Of Rape

Russell Model has arrived for his day in courtroom in London.

Model, who practically two years in the past was the topic of a Channel 4 and The Occasions exposé, has been charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault by London’s Metropolitan Police.

He has been pictured prior to now jiffy arriving sporting shades and a black shirt at Westminster Magistrates Court docket, the place he’s going through his first listening to.

Query marks had been raised over whether or not he would flip up or face potential extradition. Model is presently dwelling within the U.S. and has been seen a number of occasions at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, however the comic and TV host stated after he was charged that he’s “extremely grateful” to have the ability to defend the fees in courtroom.

The fees in opposition to Model relate to 4 separate ladies. It has been alleged that Model raped a lady in Bournemouth in 1999; indecently assaulted a lady in 2001 in Westminster, London; orally raped and sexually assaulted a lady in Westminster in 2004; and between 2004 and 2005 sexually assaulted a lady, additionally in Westminster.

In response to reviews, courtroom paperwork yesterday revealed Model is accused of indecently assaulting one girl in 2001 by allegedly “grabbing her arm and dragging her in the direction of a male bathroom” amongst others.

Upon the fees being introduced, the one-time Forgetting Sarah Marshall star, whose resident handle is in Oxfordshire, stated he was a “drug addict, intercourse addict and an imbecile” throughout his youth, however he was by no means a rapist. “I’ve by no means engaged in non-consensual exercise. I pray which you could see that by trying in my eyes,” he instructed his social media followers final month.

The revelations about Model led to a lot anger and business introspection. Since then, the BBC, Channel 4 and Large Brother producer Banijay have all led inside probes, having labored with Model on exhibits up till late final decade. All these probes have led to apologies and additional revelations. Probably the most latest report from the BBC discovered that workers on the UK broadcaster’s L.A. bureau had “joked about” an incident by which the star was alleged to have uncovered himself to a lady in a toilet. Channel 4’s report, revealed virtually precisely a yr in the past, unearthed “two new worrying allegations” in opposition to Model, who had labored on Superstar Bake Off as lately as 2018.