More women have come forward since the start of Russell Brand's rape and sexual assault trial, a UK police chief said Tuesday, as the disgraced TV star began a 10-year jail sentence.
The reports of fresh complaints came as Brand's defence lawyer faced a storm of criticism for his comments and line of questioning in court, reopening the debate about victim shaming in Britain.
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Detective Inspector Andy Furphy from the London Metropolitan Police said two further allegations against Brand were already being investigated and "we've had several reports in during the trial and since the verdict" on Thursday.
Brand, who has reinvented himself as an online Christian guru, was on Monday jailed for 10 years and six months after being found guilty of one rape and three sexual assaults committed between 2004 and 2009.
The judge described him as a "sexual predator".
But defence lawyer Ian Winter has been sharply criticised for telling the trial Brand's victims were "not particularly vulnerable at all" and that he could not be guilty of rape as his accusers had not "resisted or screamed or even tried to leave".
UK deputy prime minister Lucy Powell said she found some of the defence's comments at the trial "incredibly depressing".
