Russell BrandBritish comic Russell Brand plans to escape to Los Angeles California to flee the furor surrounding his controversial prank calls to actor Andrew Sachs, according to media reports. Brand quit his job as a BBC radio presenter after outrage over a stunt in which he and fellow broadcaster Jonathan Ross recorded voicemail messages for "Fawlty Towers" star Sachs. In the calls, the pair made lewd comments about Brand's fling with 78-year-old Sachs' granddaughter. And the funnyman is apparently eager to leave the United Kingdom when filming has wrapped on his television show "Ponderland," according to Britain's The Sun. A source tells the newspaper, "He just wants to get on the next plane out of England -- and get away from this mess."Russell rushed along the filming so he could get to L.A. as soon as possible."
