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Posted: 2023-11-05T22:18:40Z | Updated: 2023-11-05T22:18:40Z

Russell Brands latest accuser has detailed her alleged assault and the studios alleged failure to protect her, in a new interview with The Sunday Times.

The woman filed a lawsuit against Brand, Warner Bros., and three related production companies on Friday in the New York Supreme Court, nearly two months after the actor was accused of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse by four other women between 2006 and 2013 in a joint investigation by multiple United Kingdom-based news outlets.

Referred to as Jane Doe in the suit and in the anonymous interview, Brands accuser claims she was sexually assaulted when she was an extra in the 2010 film, Arthur, a remake of the dark 1981 rom-com about an alcoholic millionaire.

I felt used and abused. Disgusting is the only word, Doe told the Times. I felt like I was being used, that I was just an object for his momentary titillation.

Doe claims Brand first exposed himself to her in view of multiple members of the cast and crew, before sexually assaulting her in a bathroom as a member of the production crew guarded the door from outside.

In the court documents, Brands accuser claims he appeared intoxicated, smelled of alcohol, and was carrying a bottle of vodka on set before the incident.

During the shoot of the movie over a decade ago, Brand told The New York Times he was merely sniffing the liquor to get into character. (The actor celebrated 20 years of sobriety last December.)