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As is to be anticipated, I suppose, Russell Model joined Dr. Oz in a panel dialogue at J.D. Vance and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s second annual MAHA summit in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Even much less stunning is the truth that Model determined to kick issues off with a lighthearted joke about consent.
Dr. Oz launched Model onstage by saying, “Russell Model was backstage hugging the secretary of Agriculture. However right here he’s …” Model replied, “She initiated that contact! I ought to clarify, physician.” A number of girls have credibly accused Model of sexual assault through the years — he has denied all allegations of “nonconsensual exercise” however admitted to having what he described as “consensual” intercourse with a 16-year-old lady when he was 30. Onstage, Dr. Oz responded to the joke with a loud “Ha!”
Oz: Russell Model was backstage hugging the Secretary of Agriculture
Model: She initiated that contact.
Oz: Ha! pic.twitter.com/c896RU5ipw
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 29, 2026
In 2023, 4 girls got here ahead with allegations that Model sexually assaulted them between the years of 2006 and 2013. Earlier than that, in 2014, J.P. Martin wrote in her memoir, kNot: Entanglement With a Celeb, that Model sexually assaulted her throughout their relationship in 2007. In 2025, British authorities charged Model with one depend of rape, one depend of oral rape, one depend of indecent assault, and two counts of sexual assault for alleged incidents involving 4 girls between 1999 and 2005. In December, extra fees involving two extra girls have been introduced in opposition to Model. He’s at the moment awaiting trial, which is about for October 12. Within the meantime, it appears he’s lastly discovered an viewers who enjoys his favourite form of joke.
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