YouTube says Russell Model will not make cash from the video streaming web site after a number of girls made allegations of sexual assault in opposition to the comedian-turned influencer
ByThe Related Press
September 19, 2023, 3:41 AM
Russell Model leaves the Troubabour Wembley Park theater in northwest London after performing a comedy set on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. Three British information organizations are reporting that comic and social influencer has been accused of rape, sexual assault and abuse based mostly on allegations from 4 girls who knew him over a seven-year interval on the top of his fame. Model denied the allegations. (James Manning/PA through AP)
The Related Press
LONDON — YouTube mentioned Tuesday that Russell Model will not make cash from the video streaming web site after a number of girls made allegations of sexual assault in opposition to the comedian-turned-influencer.
YouTube mentioned monetization of Model’s account, which has 6.6 million subscribers, has been suspended “following critical allegations in opposition to the creator.”
“This resolution applies to all channels which may be owned or operated by Russell Model,” the Google-owned video service mentioned.
Model, 48, denies allegations of sexual assault made by 4 girls in a Channel 4 tv documentary and The Instances and Sunday Instances newspapers. The accusers, who haven’t been named, embody one who mentioned she was sexually assaulted throughout a relationship with him when she was 16. One other girl says Model raped her in Los Angeles in 2012.
The 4 allegations date from between 2006 and 2013. London’s Metropolitan Police pressure mentioned that since these claims have been made public it had acquired a report of a separate sexual assault relationship from 2003.
Promoters postponed the remaining dates in a string of reside gigs by Model, who denies the allegations.
Recognized for his unbridled and risqué standup routines, Model was a significant U.Okay. star within the early 2000s. He hosted exhibits on radio and tv, wrote memoirs charting his battles with medicine and alcohol, appeared in a number of Hollywood motion pictures and was briefly married to pop star Katy Perry between 2010 and 2012.
In recent times Model has largely disappeared from mainstream media however has constructed up a big following on-line with movies mixing wellness and conspiracy theories. His YouTube channel, which has greater than 6 million subscribers, has featured COVID-19 conspiracy theories, vaccine misinformation and interviews with controversial broadcasters together with Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan.
He additionally has continued to tour as a comic, performing to tons of of individuals in a London venue on Saturday. He had been as a result of carry out Tuesday in Windsor, west of London, however promoters mentioned the remainder of the tour was being postponed.
