# U.K. to consider new age of consent law after Russell Brand accuser speaks out > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/4898044 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 2 outlets covering · First listed: Yahoo News, Nov 14, 2026, 6:17 PM · Read it: British comedian and TV star Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months on 9 November after being convicted for rape and sexual assaults.Photograph: Brook Mitchell/AFP/Getty Images The government has said it will consider calls to change the age of consent after a woman waived her right to anonymity to publicly claim she was raped by Russell Brand as a 16-year-old schoolgirl. Mia Latter, now 37, alleged she had been orally raped by the jailed comedian when she was a teenager and he was 30 years old. In an interview with the Sunday Times, she called for the introduction of a… ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 14, 2026, 1:58 PM: [Russell Brand rape accuser reveals identity for first time, details alleged abuse at age 16]() — NY Post (Newspaper, United States, rated Lean right) Brand was convicted of rape and sexual assault on Nov. 5. - Nov 14, 2026, 6:17 PM: [U.K. to consider new age of consent law after Russell Brand accuser speaks out]() — Yahoo News (Digital news, United States, rated Lean left) British comedian and TV star Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months on 9 November after being convicted for rape and sexual assaults.Photograph: Brook Mitchell/AFP/Getty Images The government has said it will consider calls to change the age of consent after a woman waived her right to anonymity to publicly claim she was raped by Russell Brand as a 16-year-old schoolgirl. Mia Latter, now 37, alleged she had been orally raped by the jailed comedian when she was a teenager and he was 30 years old. In an interview with the Sunday Times, she called for the introduction of a…