{"id":39280,"date":"2023-09-18T13:24:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/18\/russell-brands-book-deal-paused-literary-agency-charity-cuts-ties-amid-sexual-assault-allegations\/"},"modified":"2023-09-18T13:24:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T13:24:25","slug":"russell-brands-book-deal-paused-literary-agency-charity-cuts-ties-amid-sexual-assault-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/18\/russell-brands-book-deal-paused-literary-agency-charity-cuts-ties-amid-sexual-assault-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Brand\u2019s Book Deal Paused, Literary Agency &#038; Charity Cuts Ties Amid Sexual Assault Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p>The fate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/russell-brand\/\" title=\"Russell Brand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Russell Brand<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s book deal is uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Bluebird, an imprint of U.K. book company Pan Macmillan, confirmed it will pause all future publishing with the 48-year-old comedian following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2023\/09\/16\/russell-brand-accused-of-rape-sexual-assault-emotional-abuse-by-four-different-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple allegations of rape and sexual assault.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are very serious allegations and in the light of them, Bluebird has taken the decision to pause all future publishing with <strong>Russell Brand<\/strong>,\u201d Bluebird said in a statement reported by <em>The Bookseller<\/em>, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/russell-brand-book-publishing-paused-pan-macmillan-1235592636\/#recipient_hashed=b92941641788d15805f03b377d572994d12bdade7478975c93d0143007f01373&amp;recipient_salt=e829000bb0b218c27fbd0c12f4a38481876a8ab041cc990efde89259509b9611\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/russell-brand-book-publishing-paused-pan-macmillan-1235592636\/#recipient_hashed=b92941641788d15805f03b377d572994d12bdade7478975c93d0143007f01373&amp;recipient_salt=e829000bb0b218c27fbd0c12f4a38481876a8ab041cc990efde89259509b9611&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-1950539\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Russell<\/strong> has published books with Bluebird since 2017, including <em>Recovery: Freedom from our Addictions <\/em>and <em>Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p><em>Recovery: The Workbook<\/em> was set to be published this December. <\/p>\n<p>Previously, he published <em>My Booky Wook<\/em>, his bestselling autobiography, with Hodder &amp; Stoughton in 2007, and <em>Revolution<\/em>, about politics, with Random House (Century in the U.K.) in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Literary and talent agency Tavistock Wood has also said it has \u201cterminated all professional ties\u201d to <strong>Russell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <em>The Times<\/em>, one of the accusers approached his agent at Tavistock Wood in 2020 with her allegations and got a \u201cvery aggressive\u201d letter from <strong>Russell<\/strong>\u2019s lawyers in response. After being contacted by <em>The Times<\/em> as part of its investigation, Tavistock Wood cut ties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Russell Brand<\/strong> categorically and vehemently denied the allegation made in 2020, but we now believe we were horribly misled by him. TW has terminated all professional ties to Brand,\u201d they said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p><em>THR<\/em> also reports that U.K. women\u2019s charity Trevi, which helps women affected by violence and abuse, also ended its association with <strong>Russell<\/strong>, having announced last year that it would be working with him and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.russellbrand.com\/stay-free-foundation\/\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.russellbrand.com\/stay-free-foundation\/&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stay Free Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Katy Perry<\/strong>\u2018s old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2023\/09\/18\/katy-perrys-comments-about-ex-husband-russell-brand-resurface-amid-rape-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comments about ex <strong>Russell Brand<\/strong> are now making headlines again.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2023\/09\/18\/russell-brands-book-deal-paused-literary-agency-charity-cuts-ties-amid-sexual-assault-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fate of Russell Brand\u2018s book deal is uncertain. Bluebird, an imprint of U.K. book company Pan Macmillan, confirmed it will pause all future publishing with the 48-year-old comedian following multiple allegations of rape and sexual assault. \u201cThese are very serious allegations and in the light of them, Bluebird has taken the decision to pause [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-39280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}