Ian Winter KC, who represented Russell Brand at trial, said Friday he had referred himself to the Bar Standards Board after a journalist described a confrontation outside court, the BBC reported¹.

Rosamund Urwin, of the Times and Sunday Times, said on a podcast Thursday that she introduced herself to Winter after verdicts were delivered and that he responded with hostility, including a remark hoping she was pleased with herself¹.

Urwin also said Winter swore at her and made a further remark she took as distinguishing her from other journalists, according to the BBC account of the podcast¹.

In a statement, Winter said the way the episode had been characterized in the press meant it should be examined, and that he considered his professional duty required him to self-report the allegations so they could be scrutinized¹.

The Bar Standards Board regulates barristers in England and Wales¹.

The BBC noted that a 2023 joint investigation by Channel 4 Dispatches and the Times newspapers first reported allegations against Brand, and that none of the women in that investigation were complainants in the criminal trial¹.

What the board will do with Winter's report, and whether it will open a formal investigation, was not stated in the BBC account¹.