YouTube has suspended monetization on Russell Brand’s channel after the comedian was accused of rape and sexual assault.
“If a creator’s off-platform behavior harms our users, employees or ecosystem, we take action,” a YouTube spokesperson told U.K. media outlets on Tuesday. The company added that Brand had violated YouTube’s “Creator Responsibility policy.”
The move comes as four women variously accused Brand of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013 as part of a joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches published on Sunday. Brand has denied the allegations.
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