FORMER Miss Ireland and best-selling author Amanda Brunker has labelled Russell Brand "sleazy" as she recalled meeting the controversial star.
The ex-model made the comments after after a Dispatches documentary revealed allegations of rape, sexual assault and abuse against the comedian.
Russell Brand, 48, has denied all the allegations against him, which were made in a report from The Times and an accompanying Dispatches documentary.
In the aftermath of the explosive claims, Amanda took to social media to share her views on the star based on a previous encounter with him.
Posting on social media, the former journalist and columnist shared a snap of herself with Brand.
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Captioning the post, Brunker said: "If I was still working for the Sunday World I would have written a piece about meeting this fella.
"Obviously, I don’t anymore.
"So I simply present the photo… and offer one word. Sleazy."
Five women accused the film star, 48, of a string of abuse and controlling behaviour.
Brand's alleged victims' claims range from rape to sexual assault, to emotional and physical abuse.
One woman claims she was a victim of an assault at Brand's home in 2013 after they met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.
Another claimed that the comedian raped her up against a wall at his home in Los Angeles.
A third alleges he forced her to perform oral sex until she choked while she was just 16 and that she had to punch him in the stomach to make him stop.
A fourth woman accused him of sexually assaulting her as well as being both emotionally and physically abusive.
The fifth, Jordan Martin, claims he subjected her to emotional abuse, sexual abuse and made her brush her teeth so hard her gums bled.
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BRAND DENIAL
Before the claims were published, Brand released a video denying the allegations, insisting that while he was "promiscuous", his relationships had always been consensual.
THE BBC, Channel 4 and a Big Brother production company have all launched investigations.
A spokesperson for BBC said: "The documentary and associated reports contained serious allegations, spanning a number of years.
"Russell Brand worked on BBC radio programmes between 2006 and 2008 and we are urgently looking into the issues raised."
Production company Banijay UK, who ran Big Brother spin-off shows fronted by Brand in the early 2000s, also released a statement.
URGENT INTERNAL INVESTIGATION
It read: "In light of the very serious allegations...relating to the alleged serious misconduct of Russell Brand produced by Endomol between 2004 and 2005 Banijay UK has launched an urgent internal investigation.
"We also ask anyone who feels that they were affected by Brand's behaviour while working on these productions to contact us in confidence."
They added that they would "cooperate" with any requests for information from their broadcast partners or any "external agencies".
A Channel 4 spokesperson said that the organisation was "appalled" by the allegations.
They added: "We are determined to understand the full nature of what went on. We have carried out extensive document searches and have found no evidence to suggest the alleged incidents were brought to the attention of Channel 4.
"We will continue to review this in light of any further information we receive, including the accounts of those affected individuals.
