Today those investigations have come to an end as Russell Brand, 49, was charged with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, one count of oral rape, and two counts of sexual assault. All four of these charges relate to four different women.

Russell Brand has been formally charged with rape and sexual assault. The U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service said that it has authorized London’s Metropolitan Police to charge a man, identified as 49-year-old Brand,

Russell Brand has been charged with one count of rape and two counts of sexual assault by London’s Metropolitan Police for events that occured between 1999 and 2005, officials confirmed April 4.