YouTube stated Tuesday that Russell Model will not generate profits from the video streaming web site after a number of ladies made allegations of sexual assault in opposition to the comedian-turned-influencer.
The BBC eliminated a few of Model’s materials from its streaming archive, becoming a member of a rising record of organizations distancing themselves from the performer, who denies the sexual assault and has not been charged with any prison offences.
YouTube stated monetization of Model’s account, which has 6.6 million subscribers, has been suspended “following severe allegations in opposition to the creator.”
“This resolution applies to all channels that could be owned or operated by Russell Model,” the Google-owned video service stated.
The suspension means Model will not have the ability to earn cash from the advertisements that run inside and alongside YouTube movies, which have titles together with “What REALLY Began the Hawaii Fires?” and “Covid Tsar Admits Lockdowns Have been NEVER About Science.”
Different channels related to Model’s most important YouTube web page embody Awakening With Russell, which has 426,000 subscribers, Soccer Is Good, which has some 20,000 subscribers, and Keep Free With Russell Model, which has 22,200 subscribers.
Model nonetheless has a presence on Rumble, a video web site common with some conservatives and far-right teams, the place his channel has 1.4 million followers. He additionally has 11.2 million followers on X, previously referred to as Twitter, and three.8 million on Instagram.
Accusations from 4 ladies
Model, 48, denies allegations of sexual assault made by 4 ladies in a Channel 4 tv documentary and The Instances and Sunday Instances newspapers. The accusers, who haven’t been named, embody one who stated 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 stated that since these claims have been made public, it has acquired a report of a separate sexual assault courting from 2003.
Based on a joint investigation by three British information organizations, comic Russell Model is being accused of rape and sexual assault. 4 ladies are alleging that Model sexually assaulted them on the peak of his fame — which he denies.
Identified 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 films and was briefly married to pop star Katy Perry between 2010 and 2012.
On-line following
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 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 a whole bunch of individuals in a London venue on Saturday. He had been on account of carry out on Tuesday in Windsor, west of London, however promoters stated the remainder of the tour was being postponed following the allegations.
The BBC stated it had taken some content material that includes Model from its iPlayer and Sounds apps, “having assessed that it now falls under public expectations.”
Model additionally has been dropped by his expertise company and a writer for the reason that allegations grew to become public.
Ellie Tomsett, senior lecturer in media and communications at Birmingham Metropolis College, stated it was too quickly to inform whether or not the claims would finish Model’s comedy profession.
“I believe there’s positively a marketplace for ‘outsider’ comedians … or individuals who need to place themselves as a way or different to present understandings of gender equality,” she stated. “And so I believe in the long term, will it influence his profession in the way in which that we could also be count on it to? Presumably not.”
