Met assesses further reports about Russell Brand after conviction

Detective Superintendent Andy Furphy, who led the investigation into Brand, told BBC Breakfast that police had received several reports during and since the trial. Officers were assessing whether they concerned behaviour or could amount to a criminal offence, he said.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson told the BBC that several people had contacted the investigation team with information or a potential criminal allegation. The force did not give a precise number or an outcome for the assessments.

In a separate interview with LBC, Furphy said extra resources had been added to the investigation team. He urged anyone who had been a victim of rape or another sexual offence by Brand to speak to police.

Brand, 51, was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison at Southwark Crown Court on 9 November, following his conviction for rape and sexual assault. The offences involved four women and took place between 2004 and 2009.

The jury also acquitted him of two other rape charges and one count of attempted indecent assault. Brand denied the charges and told the trial that his sexual encounters had been consensual.