Brand's police interviews anchor True Crime Australia's reporting week
Released Metropolitan Police footage spans several interview sessions, from the caution to prepared statements and final questions.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
Inside Russell Brand case: What disgraced comedian told detectives
Things we can learn from the video
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- 0:27Detectives begin the November 2023 interview under caution, with Brand's legal representative beside him.
- 2:43In a December 2023 session, Brand reads a prepared statement denying non-consensual sexual activity.
- 5:40Brand says he will listen to questions but provide no further oral responses during that session.
- 6:08A January 2024 interview includes another prepared statement addressing additional allegations.
- 8:04Asked whether he wishes to add anything in the July 2025 session, Brand declines.
Russell Brand sits beside his legal representative as detectives begin an interview under caution. True Crime Australia's most-watched new upload brings together police recordings from several sessions, showing his prepared statements and his decision not to give further oral answers.
"Inside Russell Brand case: What disgraced comedian told detectives" drew roughly 12,000 views. Released after his conviction for rape and sexual assault, the footage includes Brand denying non-consensual sexual activity during questioning. That denial is part of the interview record, not the outcome of the case.
The channel posted thirteen uploads across the week. Its Brand coverage extended to Wandsworth prison and the arrangements for his imprisonment, while a separate report examined Comanchero members joining the Finks motorcycle club. That Australian story remains among the channel's busiest uploads at present.
A report on allegations against David Walliams, following the Guardian and ITV News investigation, is currently drawing the most daily views of the channel's active videos. The allegations remain distinct from the convictions covered in its Brand reporting.
True Crime Australia added about 1,000 subscribers over the week, although daily viewing is running below its usual level. Nearby in subscriber size, Today in Focus is experiencing a pronounced rise in daily views. Here, the week's largest new audience went to the police interview record rather than the subsequent prison explainers.
An English comedian, actor and media personality. In 2026, he was convicted of rape and sexual assault and given a prison sentence of ten years and six months.
More on Wikipedia ›An Australian outlaw motorcycle club founded in Sydney in 1969, with chapters in other Australian states.
More on Wikipedia ›An English actor, comedian and writer known for the sketch comedy Little Britain. He was a judge on Britain's Got Talent from 2012 to 2022.
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- Channel
- True Crime Australia
- Subscribers
- 132,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 165,092
- Videos published this week
- 13
- Video published
- November 5, 2026
- Video views so far
- 12,411
- Views on its first day
- 8,518
The numbers
Here is how True Crime Australia's uploads and audience moved over the week.


