Katy Perry’s short lived marriage with Russell Brand lasted just 14 months, ending abruptly when the comedian told the pop star over text he was divorcing her.

Brand, 48, has now been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by four women who said the alleged incidents took place in the height of his fame, between 2006 and 2013.

The father-of-two has vehemently denied the claims made by The Sunday Times and Channel 4, insisting during his ‘time of promiscuity the relationships I had were absolutely always consensual’.

His former wife Perry, who is now engaged to her long term partner Orlando Bloom, has remained silent on the issue so far but questions have been raised about what she might have known, following claims she knew the ‘real truth’ after their divorce.

Speaking in an interview with Vogue in 2013, the California Gurls singer said she had initially taken ‘a lot of responsibility’ for the split until she ‘found out the real truth’.

Perry said she would keep this ‘truth’, which she could not ‘necessarily disclose’, locked in her safe ‘for a rainy day’.

It has prompted renewed speculation about what secret the singer had been referring to following the divorce. 

The allegations made against Brand last night, one of which includes sexually assaulting a 16-year-old school girl and raping a woman against the wall of his LA home, shortly after he split with Perry.

She said at the time: ‘He’s a very smart man, and I was in love with him when I married him. 

‘Let’s just say I haven’t heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me December 31, 2011.’

Perry added: ‘I felt a lot of responsibility for it ending, but then I found out the real truth, which I can’t necessarily disclose because I keep it locked in my safe for a rainy day.

I let go and I was like: This isn’t because of me; this is beyond me. So I have moved on from that. ‘

In her documentary Part of Me, the singer also reflected on her marriage with Brand, at one point showing her tearful before going on stage at a concert following a row with her then spouse

In Channel 4’s documentary, two other women said they felt production companies had ‘enabled’ Brand’s behaviour. 

In a statement, Channel 4 said: ‘Channel 4 is appalled to learn of these deeply troubling allegations, including behaviour alleged to have taken place on programmes made for Channel 4 between 2004 and 2007.

‘We are determined to understand the full nature of what went on. We have carried out extensive document searches and have found no evidence to suggest the alleged incidents were brought to the attention of Channel 4.

We will continue to review this in light of any further information we receive, including the accounts of those affected individuals.

‘We will be asking the production company who produced the programmes for Channel 4 to investigate these allegations and report their findings properly and satisfactorily to us.

‘In the many years since the alleged incidents took place, there has obviously been extensive change in Channel 4’s management and commissioning teams.

Today, Channel 4 has a zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviour and has a robust Code of Conduct. We require all suppliers to have in place rigorous safeguarding policies and provide whistleblowing support, including Channel 4’s Speak Up facility.

‘We are committed to ensuring our industry has safe, inclusive and professional working environments.’

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