跟进：Mia Latter放弃匿名指控Brand在她16岁时强奸，推动英国分级同意年龄，部长称将讨论

11月14日，37岁的英国女子Mia Latter放弃性犯罪指控者享有的终身匿名权，接受《星期日泰晤士报》采访公开身份。她指控喜剧演员Russell Brand在2006年与她交往约三个月期间对她实施性与情感虐待，并在关系临近结束时强奸了她；两人相遇时她16岁，Brand 30岁。她说，此番公开身份是为了推动英国引入分级同意年龄，保护16岁和17岁的青少年。Brand此前已否认2023年联合调查提出的指控，《人物》杂志11月14日向Brand的律师求证，未获即时回复。

Latter就是2023年《星期日泰晤士报》、《泰晤士报》与Channel 4《Dispatches》联合调查中化名「Alice」的那名女子，也是那次调查的指控者中第一个公开真实身份的人。据《泰晤士报》报道，她说自己受到法国女子Gisèle Pelicot的启发，Pelicot在丈夫等人的强奸案审判中选择公开身份，并说过「羞耻必须换边」。Latter说：「这不是我的羞耻，也不是我还要继续背负的负担。」

据Latter向《星期日泰晤士报》讲述，2006年她在伦敦市中心Leicester Square购物后回家途中遇见Brand，对方当时在MTV工作，要走了她的电话号码。她告诉Brand自己只有16岁后，Brand仍约她次日共进晚餐。她指控Brand要她向学校朋友保密这段关系，却在自己的随行人员面前称她为「the child（那个孩子）」。她还说，这段经历重创了她的学业与心理健康，她没能完成A-level课程，中途退学，并被诊断出抑郁症。

纪录片播出后，Latter向伦敦警察厅报案并配合调查。据她说，皇家检察署决定不把她的指控纳入Brand今年10月的审判，警方原本希望她参加后续审判；得知自己进不了10月那场审判时，她说自己「非常崩溃」。伦敦警察厅发言人11月14日表示，警方2026年1月接到一项强奸指控后立案调查，侦探曾向皇家检察署征询如何推进，得到的意见是作出起诉决定前还需要更多信息，这项调查仍在进行。Latter则表示，她已决定不再继续刑事程序，转而专注于倡议工作，因为她不知道自己还有多少精力再把几年人生耗在这件事上。

Brand此前否认了2023年联合调查提出的指控。据英国新闻协会报道，Brand今年早些时候接受播客主持人Megyn Kelly采访时曾说，英国的同意年龄是16岁，他30岁时确实与一名16岁少女发生过性关系，并称当时的自己是「不成熟的30岁」，还说在存在权力落差、比如一方有名气时，即便是双方同意的性关系「也带有剥削性质」。

Latter推动的改革由倡议组织Close the Consent Gap提出。该组织创始人Layla Stone说，这项倡议要处理的是成年人与青少年之间的权力落差。按BBC报道的方案，16岁者不得与19岁以上的人发生性关系，17岁者不得与20岁以上的人发生性关系，青少年彼此之间的关系不受影响。英国现行法律自1885年起把同意年龄定为16岁，任何年龄的成年人与16岁、17岁者发生性关系目前并不违法。Latter说：「我不想把青少年彼此交往入罪。但如果你已经三四十岁、五六十岁，却想与18岁以下的人发生关系，那应当构成刑事犯罪。」

英国政府11月15日作出回应。就业与养老金大臣Pat McFadden在BBC《Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg》节目中说，分级同意年龄的问题「已经被提出来，也将会被讨论」，他现在还不能给出结论，但过去一周「确实把这个问题推到了聚光灯下」。他还说，过去一周曝光的掌权男性滥用权力的故事令全国震惊，年龄差距过大本身就是这种滥用的一部分。据《泰晤士报》报道，事实上副首相Louise Haigh也表示，Latter的故事令人心碎，修改法律的提议值得认真考虑和审议。

需要说明的是，Latter的指控不在Brand已被定罪的范围内。本站此前报道，Brand于11月5日被判一项强奸罪与三项性侵罪成立，涉及四名女性，并于11月9日被判监禁10年6个月。Latter说，她很高兴警方为案件中的一些女性讨回了公道，也感谢出庭作证的女性们。

关联：跟进：Russell Brand被判监禁10年6个月：强奸罪9年，另涉两名女性指控仍在调查

Follow-up: Mia Latter Waives Anonymity Over Brand Allegation at 16 and Pushes a Staggered UK Age of Consent; Minister Says It Will Be Discussed

On November 14, Mia Latter, a 37-year-old British woman, waived the lifelong anonymity granted to complainants in sexual offence cases and revealed her identity in an interview with The Sunday Times. She alleges that comedian Russell Brand subjected her to sexual and emotional abuse during a relationship of about three months in 2006, and raped her towards the end of it; she was 16 when they met and Brand was 30. She said she was going public to push for a staggered age of consent in the United Kingdom to protect 16- and 17-year-olds. Brand previously denied the allegations raised in the 2023 joint investigation, and PEOPLE magazine received no immediate response from Brand's attorney when it sought comment on November 14.

Latter is the woman identified only as "Alice" in the 2023 joint investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4's Dispatches, and she is the first of that investigation's accusers to reveal her real name. According to The Times, she said she was inspired by Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman who chose to be named during the trial of her husband and other men accused of raping her and who said that shame must change sides. "It's not my shame. It's not my burden to carry any more," Latter said.

According to Latter's account to The Sunday Times, she met Brand in Leicester Square in central London in 2006 while returning from a shopping trip; Brand, who was then working at MTV, took her phone number. After she told Brand she was only 16, he still asked her to dinner the following day, she said. She alleges Brand told her to keep the relationship secret from her school friends, while referring to her as "the child" in front of people in his own circle. She also said the experience derailed her education and her mental health: she did not complete her A-levels, dropped out of school and was diagnosed with depression.

After the documentary aired, Latter reported her allegation to the Metropolitan Police and cooperated with investigators. She said the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to include her allegation in Brand's trial in October this year, while police had wanted her to take part in a subsequent trial; she said she was "devastated" to learn she would not be part of the October trial. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said on November 14 that officers launched an investigation in January 2026 after receiving an allegation of rape, that detectives sought advice from the Crown Prosecution Service on how best to proceed and were advised that further information was needed before a charging decision could be made, and that the investigation remains ongoing. Latter, for her part, said she has decided not to continue with the criminal process so she can focus on her campaign, saying she does not know what capacity she has to give years more of her life to it.

Brand previously denied the allegations raised in the 2023 joint investigation. According to the Press Association, Brand said in an interview with podcaster Megyn Kelly earlier this year that the age of consent in the UK is 16 and that he did sleep with a 16-year-old when he was 30, describing himself as an "immature 30-year-old" and saying that consensual sex where there is a power imbalance, such as fame, "involves exploitation".

The reform Latter is backing is proposed by the campaign group Close the Consent Gap. Its founder, Layla Stone, said the proposal is about addressing the power imbalance between adults and teenagers. Under the proposal reported by the BBC, a 16-year-old would not be able to have a sexual relationship with anyone older than 19, and a 17-year-old would not be able to have one with anyone older than 20, while relationships between teenagers themselves would be unaffected. Under current UK law, which has set the age of consent at 16 since 1885, adults of any age can legally have sex with 16- and 17-year-olds. "I don't want to criminalise teenagers having sex with each other," Latter said. "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."

The UK government responded on November 15. Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme that the question of a staggered age of consent "has been raised and will be discussed", that he could not give a conclusion today, but that the last week had "put that up in lights". He also said the country had been appalled by stories of powerful men abusing their power over the last week, and that a big age gap can be part of that abuse. According to The Times, Louise Haigh, the de facto deputy prime minister, also said Latter's heart-breaking story meant a change in the law deserved proper consideration and scrutiny.

Latter's allegations are not among the offences of which Brand has been convicted. As GSM previously reported, Brand was convicted on November 5 of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault involving four women, and was sentenced on November 9 to 10 years and six months in prison. Latter said she was happy that police had managed to get justice for some of the women involved in the case, and that she was grateful to the women who testified.

Related: Follow-up: Russell Brand Sentenced to 10 Years and Six Months in Prison

来源：《星期日泰晤士报》

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图片来源：资料图：本案审理地英国伦敦Southwark刑事法庭（Wikimedia Commons，CC BY 2.0），非本次采访画面。/ File photo: Southwark Crown Court in London, where Brand's trial was held (via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0); not a photo of this interview.

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