Woman who accused Russell Brand of oral rape has waived her anonymity to campaign for a change in the laws around consent

A woman who accused Russell Brand of oral rape has waived her anonymity to campaign for a change in the laws around consent.

Mia Latter - who was previously identified only as 'Alice' in the Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4's Dispatches' joint expose on the comedian back in 2023 - has told how she was subjected to sexual and emotional abuse during a three-month relationship in 2006, when she was just 16 years old and the Get Him to the Greek star was 30.

Mia has called for a "staggered" age of consent that would prohibit relationships between those aged 16-18 and older adults.

She told The Sunday Times: “I don’t want to criminalise teenagers having sex with each other.

"If you’re between the ages of 16 and 18, it seems reasonable that you can have relationships with each other, and [teenagers] are always going to. But … if you’re in your thirties, forties and fifties and you’re trying to have a relationship with someone under the age of 18, it [should be] a criminal offence...

“Now I’m an adult, it’s just insane to even look at a 16 year old with anything other than kindness and compassion.

“I just don’t know how you look at a 16 year old with anything other than kindness and compassion.”

Noting the current age of consent was set in 1885, she added: “It’s that couple of days difference you can tip into being legal, but … you’re still a child in lots of other respects.

“I think we can review some laws from that period.”