Russell Model’s manufacturing firm has posted a revenue of £5million ($6.35m) within the final tax 12 months, which completed on the finish of 2022, 9 months earlier than he confronted a number of allegations regarding historic sexual assault offences.
The Occasions newspaper reported that Pablo Diablo’s Reliable Enterprise Agency, which runs Model’s productions and stay occasions, noticed income develop 20 per cent in 2022, together with £4.8m ($6.1m) in money.
Information confirmed that Model, as sole director of the corporate, donated £125,000 ($158,700) to the Keep Free Basis for recovering addicts.
Model continues to be the topic of varied investigations for allegations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse. He was the topic of a joint investigation by The Occasions and Sunday Occasions newspapers and Channel 4’s Dispatches group, and has been twice interviewed by London’s Metropolitan Police. The BBC can be persevering with to research 5 complaints about his previous behaviour.
He has denied the allegations in opposition to him, calling it a mainstream media conspiracy, saying: “Amid this litany of astonishing, fairly baroque assaults are some very severe allegations that I completely refute.”
Following one high-profile stand-up look on the night the allegations first surfaced, he cancelled the remainder of his tour, with refunds supplied for tickets beforehand bought. Whereas he continues to publish movies on the platform, his means to earn from it has been curtailed, with YouTube “suspending monetisation” ie promoting, citing his violation of its creator accountability coverage. He additionally continues to profit financially by means of publishing content material on Rumble, and in addition communicates through his personal web site.
