Russell Model has damaged his silence in a video to his followers as a brand new rape declare in opposition to him was confirmed on Tuesday
Russell Model has shared a video with followers, on the identical day {that a} contemporary rape and sexual assault cost in opposition to him was confirmed, on 23 December. The 50-year-old spoke out as two further costs of rape and sexual assault in opposition to him have been confirmed.
Model had been charged with historic rape and sexual assault in opposition to two additional girls, following a unbroken investigation into him. He is because of seem in courtroom on January 20, in relation to the alleged incidents, that are believed to have taken place in 2009.
The brand new costs should not linked to this case, which was introduced in opposition to the previous movie and TV star in Might 2025 – and noticed him plead not responsible to 5 counts of sexual assault alleged to have taken place between 1999 and 2005.
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On the day the contemporary allegations got here to mild, Model uploaded a video to social media, filmed as he drove his automobile.
The Get Him to the Greek actor, who was beforehand married to pop star Katy Perry, stated within the video: “You’re all conscious of that, a time of confusion and dispute and battle, however I’ve realized in my very own life that assault can result in grace.”
“I’m so grateful for the chance in my very own life that I get to take part in change and transformation and progress and love, and I really feel so blessed that I’ve the chance to atone for the numerous issues through the years that I did unsuitable, and the chance to make sure that folks perceive the reality of my state of affairs and state of affairs.”
The Oxfordshire native, who revealed in 2024 that he was a born-again Christian, present process a baptism within the River Thames, additionally spoke of his Christian religion as he mentioned the folks he had ‘harmed’.
“I pray Lord, that anybody that I’ve harmed or harm in my years of mindlessness in sin can be healed. Lord, I pray for infinite mild and fantastic therapeutic for them, and I pray, Lord, for absolutely the reality of who I’m to be abundantly revealed.”
He ended his video with a biblical reference, citing the verse James 1:2-3, when he stated, ‘We contemplate it nice pleasure once we face trials of any sort’ – then wishing his followers a Merry Christmas.
In an announcement launched yesterday confirming the costs, Metropolitan Police Detective Chief Inspector Tariq Farooqi stated: “The ladies who’ve made reviews, together with these linked to the 2 new costs, proceed to obtain assist from specifically skilled officers.
A trial is ready to begin at Southwark Crown Courtroom on 16 June 2026 for the 5 authentic costs which allegedly occurred between 1999 and 2005 in central London and Bournemouth.
Model is accused of raping one girl in Bournemouth in 1999, and indecently assaulting one other within the Westminster space by grabbing her arm and dragging her in the direction of a male bathroom in 2001.
A 3rd cost alleges he sexually assaulted a girl by kissing and groping her in Westminster between 2004 and 2005, whereas the remaining counts relate to the alleged oral rape and sexual assault of one other girl in 2004 within the Westminster space.
Detectives started investigating allegations into Model following reporting from the Sunday Instances, the Instances and Channel 4’s Dispatches programme, in September 2023.
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