Paramount+ PULLS Russell Brand’s comedy special ‘Live in New York City’ from their streaming service – after he was accused of rape and sexual assault

Paramount+ has removed Russell Brand’s 2009 comedy show “Live in New York City,” following in the footsteps of YouTube and the BBC in cutting ties.

Brand, 48, was accused by four women this weekend of rape and sexual assault, as well as extreme emotional abuse and manipulation.

He denies the allegations, insists all his relationships were consensual, and claims he is the victim of a “mainstream media conspiracy” that would derail his YouTube career as a wellness guru. However, on Tuesday, Paramount+ pulled the show.

Russell Brand’s 2009 comedy special was available on Paramount+ until Tuesday morning

YouTube, Google’s video streaming service, announced that it has suspended monetization (or advertising) on ​​Brand’s videos for “violating our Creator Responsibility Policy.”

His most recent stand-up special, “Russell Brand Re:Birth,” remains available on Netflix. Netflix has not commented.

Paramount+’s move came after YouTube suspended lucrative advertising on his channel, he was dumped by his book publisher and agent and thrown out by charities.

The tour dates for his one-man show have been canceled and he is facing a police investigation and a Charity Commission investigation.

His back catalog of comedy shows are being removed from Channel 4’s streaming service and iPlayer after BBC director general Tim Davie called them ‘completely unacceptable’, with the BBC saying his former star’s material ‘falls below public expectations’ .

Davie promised a full account of Brand’s time at the company from 2006 to 2008, including the presenter’s alleged use of a BBC driver to pick up a 16-year-old schoolgirl for sex lessons.

Brand is seen leaving a gig in London on Saturday – the last time he was seen in public

The BBC, where Brand has been a presenter on Radio 2 and guested on other channels, said the “limited content featuring Russell Brand on iPlayer and BBC Sounds” had been removed “after determining it now falls below public expectations”.

Channel 4, where Brand burnished his name in mainstream media in the 2000s fronting a Big Brother spin-off show, also wiped his shows, including a Celebrity Bake Off episode, from its streaming service ‘while we investigate this matter’ .

Brand’s book publisher Bluebird, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, ‘paused all future publishing’ with him, while Comic Relief, where he took part in the BBC telethons, said ‘it would not be appropriate for us to work with Russell Brand’.

The Charity Commission is investigating Brand’s role at his addiction foundation, the Stay Free Foundation, following the revelations.

Brand denies any criminal wrongdoing. More women are now coming forward to accuse Brand of sexual misconduct.

In one of the latest allegations, a woman claimed Brand taunted her about her appearance and sang about Soham killer Ian Huntley during sex.

“Lisa” told The Times of London that in 2008, when she was in her early 20s, she was invited to the comedian’s house for a threesome with a friend of hers, and because the two women’s real names sounded vaguely like “Holly and Jessica’,

Brand began making mean jokes about the ten-year-old girls murdered by Huntley in 2002.

Esme, another woman who spoke to The Times, said she told the comedian “no” when he asked her back to his house about 15 years ago, and was shocked when his driver took them there anyway.

YouTube suspended lucrative advertising on his channel, he was dumped by his book publisher and agent and thrown out by charities. Pictured: on Comic Relief in 2017

Considered one of his main income streams, he has 6.6 million subscribers to his YouTube channel, allowing him to earn an estimated £1 million per year from the advertisements shown when someone watches one of his videos.

Considered one of his main revenue streams, he has 6.6 million subscribers to his YouTube channel, allowing him to earn an estimated $1.2 million per year from the ads shown when someone watches one of his videos.

Sara McCorquodale, of social media analytics firm CORQ, estimated that “he most likely makes between $2,400 and $4,400 per video,” and he films as many as five a week. He may still be making money from merchandising and sponsorships.

And he’ll likely still earn fees from Rumble, a more right-wing version of YouTube, where his near-daily posts have the potential to earn up to $99,000 each.

But since he was accused of rape and a string of sexual assaults in a Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches investigation last weekend, followed by a 2003 allegation investigated by the Metropolitan Police yesterday, his profile has been in freefall.

The 48-year-old comic and ‘wellness’ guru vehemently denies all the claims, calling them a wild conspiracy by the ‘mainstream media’, saying all his relationships during his ‘time of promiscuity’ were completely consensual.