Impact X Nightline Menu About Episodes Photos Releases Sex, Drugs & Fame: The Russell Brand Story - Releases April 30, 2025 IMPACT x Nightline: Sex, Drugs & Fame: The Russell Brand Story (5/1) THURSDAY, MAY 1 IMPACT x Nightline: “Sex, Drugs & Fame: The Russell Brand Story” (328) – Streaming Only on Hulu Logline: Russell Brand’s raunchy British humor and bad-boy image helped launch his career, but now he’s facing criminal charges of sexual assault and rape, which he denies. “IMPACT x Nightline” investigates. Extended Logline: This week on “IMPACT x Nightline,” “Nightline” co-anchor Juju Chang reports on Russell Brand, an English comedian once married to Katy Perry who is criminally charged with two counts of sexual assault, two counts of rape and indecent assault in Great Britain in April of this year. Chang takes a deep dive into Brand’s troubled rise to fame with rarely seen photos and video, an exclusive interview with his past roommate, and footage from a past “Nightline” sit-down with Brand. Chang also speaks with the attorney who represents a female extra from the set of the 2011 remake of “Arthur” who filed a civil complaint against Brand in 2023. The extra, named “Ja Press Release - ABC News Studios
April 30, 2025 IMPACT x Nightline: Sex, Drugs & Fame: The Russell Brand Story (5/1) THURSDAY, MAY 1 IMPACT x Nightline: “Sex, Drugs & Fame: The Russell Brand Story” (328) – Streaming Only on Hulu Logline: Russell Brand’s raunchy British humor and bad-boy image helped launch his career, but now he’s facing criminal charges of sexual assault and rape, which he denies. “IMPACT x Nightline” investigates. Extended Logline: This week on “IMPACT x Nightline,” “Nightline” co-anchor Juju Chang reports on Russell Brand, an English comedian once married to Katy Perry who is criminally charged with two counts of sexual assault, two counts of rape and indecent assault in Great Britain in April of this year. Chang takes a deep dive into Brand’s troubled rise to fame with rarely seen photos and video, an exclusive interview with his past roommate, and footage from a past “Nightline” sit-down with Brand. Chang also speaks with the attorney who represents a female extra from the set of the 2011 remake of “Arthur” who filed a civil complaint against Brand in 2023. The extra, named “Ja Press Release - ABC News Studios
