Russell Brand accuser Mia Latter waives anonymity

Mia Latter has waived her anonymity to speak publicly about her allegation that Russell Brand raped her when she was 16, and to campaign for a change in the law on the age of consent.

Latter was known as “Alice” when she spoke to journalists investigating allegations against Brand in 2023. In an interview with The Sunday Times, reported by ITV News, she said Brand raped her towards the end of their three-month relationship.

Brand denied the allegations made in the 2023 investigation. His former agency, Tavistock Wood, told the Guardian that he had also categorically denied an allegation Latter made in 2020.

ITV reported that, in a 2026 interview with Megyn Kelly, Brand said he had sex with a 16-year-old when he was 30 and spoke about consensual sex. He did not name the woman in the account reported by ITV.

Latter’s allegation was not part of the criminal trial in which Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison on 9 November. He was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault against four women between 2004 and 2009. He denied the charges and was acquitted of two further rape charges and one count of attempted indecent assault.

Latter said she had decided not to continue with the criminal process so she could focus on her campaign, ITV reported. The Metropolitan Police told ITV that its investigation into her allegation remained ongoing and that more information was needed before a charging decision could be made.

She is calling for a staggered age of consent that would make sexual relationships between adults and 16- and 17-year-olds illegal. She had previously called for a conversation about changing the age of consent in a BBC radio interview in 2023.

“He was a very successful man who had a lot of power and sway in the industry,” Latter told The Sunday Times. “Whereas I was a 16-year-old with no life experience, no sexual experience and no prior relationships.”