'Alaskan Bush People': Matt Brown accused of raping two women under the influence of alcohol in 2018
'Alaskan Bush People' star Matt Brown has been accused of raping two women in 2018. The incident came to light after Jessica Jurges, who was once personal assistant of the family, opened up about this to The Sun. Jurges recalled that Matt raped her in the swimming pool after ripping off her swimsuit.
Jurges recalled the "terrifying" two-hour incident where she screamed at the reality star continuously to leave her. She was eventually saved when Shelly Dawn Early, then family manager, pull Brown by his hair. Just three days after this incident, Dawn revealed that she too was raped by Brown in the same place. Brown was allegedly under the influence of alcohol when this incident took place.
Both the women reported the incident to LAPD’s Topanga Division who then moved the case to Los Angeles County District Attorney's office. However, Brown was not prosecuted. Now, the women are coming forward in a bid to seek "justice" and to expose Brown, who they refer to as a "predator".
Recalling the incident Jessica said, "I'm terrified of water. I can barely swim. So I do everything I can do to stay out of water. But Matt eventually persuaded me to get in and he was like a shark. He ripped my bathing suit off. Wouldn't let go of me. I said no probably a million times. I was disgusted. I said everything nasty I could to him, to get him off me and it wasn't happening."
"He was a monster. I've been in situations, but that was the worst. I was like, ‘Is this what celebrities do? Is this really how they behave?" she continued. “It was monstrous. It seemed to go on for two and a half hours until Shelly rescued me. She kept coming out. She kept coming outside and he kept telling her, 'Go back inside, we're fine'. And I was saying 'Oh no."
She further added, "And then at some point, I remember he flipped me around in the corner and all I could do was keep my legs closed and try everything I could to keep him off. I'm watching the water rushing over the side of the pool. I'm in the corner. I had to just live through it. And he kept saying, ‘Take your glasses off.’ I was just thinking, ‘I'm dying. I don't want you to see my eyes.’ I believe that's a predator thing.”
Jessica revealed there were times when she thought that she would drown. Luckily. Dawn came in time to rescue her. "I could have died, I could have drowned," she said. Dawn also recalled her incident and said, "He knew that I had a hip replacement and he knew that my legs aren't as strong as the rest of my body. And that's how it happened. I couldn't ward him off because my hips were weak."
"He was out-of-his-mind drunk. After it happened, he told me that I raped him — that's how drunk he was," she continued. Discovery responded to these allegations in a statement to People. "Discovery Channel was approached several years ago regarding the allegations, finding them disturbing and very serious," it read. The statement continued, "We agreed the local authorities should be contacted immediately. Due to the nature of the accusations, we felt that all cooperation would be most appropriately handled by law enforcement."