welcome to world business report, i m mark lobel. we start here in the uk where the business lobby group, the cbi, is facing a second allegation of rape by a woman, who claims she was sexually assaulted by two male colleagues. the guardian newspaper reports, the alleged attack took place when the woman was working at one of the cbi s overseas offices. the city of london police is already investigating claims of a rape, at a cbi summer party in 2019. let s go through the latest developments with our correspondent marc ashdown who joins us now. we are getting a growing list of business organisations who are cutting ties with the cbi or pausing, they have around 190,000 businesses who are members and the insurance giants aviva and zurich were the first to do that. the likes of asda, shell, natwest, they have pause relations, and john lewis has terminated its membership as well. these follow fresh allegations today with a second woman claiming she was raped when working for cbi
In 2003, following the Media Investigation into Russell Brand. They say they are in contact with the woman and providing her with support. It is three years earlier than the allegations by four women of rape, Sexual Assault and Emotional Abuse by brand which emerged at the weekend all of which he denies. One of the women, who was 16 at the time, has told the bbc that brand said his management discussed how to keep the fact that she was so young out of The Public Eye for fear it would hurt his image. A number of organisations have disassociated from him and his upcoming Theatre Shows have been postponed. Our media correspondent David Sillito has the latest. Russell brand, on this we cans Dispatches Programme he was accused of rape and multiple counts of Sexual Assault. The comedian now faces further allocations. More women have conferred to go forward. The Metropolitan Police say a complaint has been made to them of a Sexual Assault in 2003. Russell brand says it is all untrue, and sugg
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