Russell Brand’s ex-convicted rapist Jordan Martin has made an explosive statement about why the comedian married Katy Perry in 2010.
In the new Netflix documentary, “Russell Brand: Open Secret,” Martin claimed that Brand, who was recently sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison for rape and sexual assault, had “always wanted” to marry someone famous.
“He’s doing exactly what he always wanted to do and be married to someone famous, which is what he always said he would be,” Martin said in the documentary.
Perry and Brand met in 2008, while filming the movie “Take Him to the Greek.” They married in 2010 in India, but separated a year later. Their divorce was finalized in 2012.
Before Brand met Perry, he dated Martin in 2007. During that time, Martin claimed the actor asked her to meet him in Hawaii, where he was filming “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” because “he wanted someone to stop him from ‘trying it out’ with people on set.”
“He told me I should date someone more famous than you,” Martin claimed.
In the documentary, she also claimed that Brand said she “dressed like an attention-seeking pie” during the Hawaii trip and that he “didn’t feel comfortable” with her sunbathing.
Page Six reached out to a representative for Brand for comment.
The new Netflix documentary also features testimony from anonymous industry figures, as well as Brand’s former roommates and other journalists.
Currently, Brand is being held at HMP Wandsworth in south London. On Thursday, he was accused of sexual misconduct by six other women.
In 2013, right after her divorce, Perry claimed that her ex, Brand, was “controlling.”
“He didn’t like the atmosphere where I’m the boss of the tour,” Perry, 42, told Vogue in a 2013 interview.
She called their dynamic together “really hurtful,” adding, “It was very controlling, which was upsetting.” »
“At first, when I met him, he wanted an equal, and I think a lot of times strong men want an equal, but then they get that equal and they’re like, I can’t handle equality,” the “California Gurls” hitmaker said at the time.
She also shared that she “felt a lot of responsibility” for the end of the romance until she “discovered the real truth.”
“I can’t necessarily reveal it because I keep it locked in my safe for rainy days. I let it go and I was like, ‘It’s not about me, it’s beyond me.’ So I moved on,” Perry said.
Just a year after their marriage, Brand texted Perry to let her know he was dumping her and planning to file for divorce.
“Let’s just say I haven’t heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me on December 31, 2011,” she told Vogue in 2013.
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