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Nearly 20 years after she says Russell Brand sexually assaulted her as a teenager, one accuser is publicly identifying herself.
Mia Latter, 37, has revealed that she is the woman previously known as “Alice” in that infamous 2023 investigation by the Sunday Times, the Times, and Channel 4’s Dispatches. In a new interview with the Times, published on Saturday morning, she described an alleged three-month relationship with Brand in 2006, when she was just 16 and he was 30. And now, she is waiving anonymity to advocate for stronger protections for UK teenagers.
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Of course, her decision comes days after Brand, now 51, was convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three other women earlier this month.
And as we’ve been reporting already, he was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison back on Monday.
Also, we should note that Latter’s allegations were NOT part of that trial. She says prosecutors decided against including them because Brand had already discussed her claims in public interviews, potentially shifting attention away from the proceedings.
According to People, London’s Metropolitan Police stressed that this separate investigation hasn’t been closed. A spokesperson said:
“Officers launched an investigation in January 2026 after receiving an allegation of rape. Detectives sought advice from the Crown Prosecution Service to determine how best to proceed, and officers were advised that further information was needed before a charging decision could be made. This investigation remains ongoing. We understand the delay has been distressing for this victim-survivor. However, our focus has been on putting forward the best possible evidence.”
Nevertheless, Latter’s story is very important to tell. She recalled meeting the then-MTV presenter in Leicester Square after shopping. He approached and began examining her purchases:
“I recognized him … and he went through my clothes and picked out a dress that he said I was going to wear on our date.”
He obtained her number and messaged her later that day, she claims. When she told him her age, she assumed that would be the end of it:
“I thought that the second I said, ‘I’m 16’ he was going to block me.”
Instead, she says, he invited her to dinner the next night, noting:
“There wasn’t even a moment’s hesitation.”
Afterward, Latter says she reluctantly went to his apartment, where he began sexual contact despite her efforts to slow things down:
“I remember closing my legs and trying to push him away a little bit. I liked him, but I just wanted to take things slowly.”
She alleges Brand subsequently demanded secrecy from her friends, even though people around him knew about her. According to Latter, he sometimes called her “the child” in their presence, adding:
“It wasn’t a secret on his end, but it had to be a secret on my end.”
She claims he would even send cars for her during school hours. Her parents tried to stop the relationship, she says, but she continued seeing him. Looking back, she believes her youth was precisely what attracted him:
“He wasn’t interested in me for me. I felt like this is his fetish. He likes me because I’m 16 and a virgin.”
Then came the allegation at the center of her account. Near the relationship’s end, Latter claims Brand forced her against a bed’s headboard at his home and orally raped her while she struggled to escape:
“I was choking and crying.”
And what she alleges he said afterward is particularly disturbing:
“I just wanted to see your mascara run.”
OMG…
Latter says the relationship ended after she found another woman at his apartment. But the consequences, she says, lasted far beyond those three months. She was diagnosed with depression, and her education suffered profoundly:
“I didn’t complete my A-levels. I dropped out of school and it took me a little while to feel as though I could put one foot in front of the other.”
Despite the disappointment over her own case, she expressed gratitude to investigators and the women whose testimony helped secure Brand’s convictions:
“I’m very happy that the police have … managed to get justice for some of the women involved in this case, and a lot of incredible police work has gone into this. … They put him away. Some women didn’t get the guilty verdict, but it was definitely a team effort, and I will forever be grateful to them.”
For Latter, seeing the verdict delivered after so many years was deeply significant:
“I’d waited since I was 16 thinking, ‘It’s gonna happen soon — somebody’s gonna out him’ … I feel like justice has been served.”
Brand denied the allegations when they first surfaced in 2023. People reported that his attorney did not immediately respond to a new request for comment on this issue.
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Meanwhile, the Crown Prosecution Service told People on Saturday:
“The Crown Prosecution Service will continue to work closely with investigators to provide advice and make sure cases progress as quickly as possible.”
Latter is also pushing for changes to British consent laws to better protect teenagers from much older adults.
And whatever happens next in the ongoing investigation, she is now telling her story in her own name.
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If you have sincere cause to suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org.
If you or someone you know has experienced sexual violence and would like to learn more about resources, consider checking out https://www.rainn.org/resources.
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