Russell Brand Arrives Court To Enter Pleas Over Rape And Sex Attacks Against Four Women
According to the report by DailyMail, the US-based comedian Russell Brand was mobbed by photographers as he arrived at Southwark Crown Court to face allegations from four women of rape, indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault between 1999 and 2005.
The presenter is accused of raping a woman in a hotel in 1999 after they
met that day at a theatrical event following the Labour Party conference in
Bournemouth.
Russell Brand is also alleged to have raped a woman working in
television whom he met in a Soho bar in 2004.
He is accused of grabbing her breasts before pulling the victim into a
toilet and forcing her to perform a sex act.
Another woman claims she was indecently assaulted by Brand, who grabbed
her arm and attempted to drag her into a male lavatory at a television station
in 2001.
Russell Brand was working for Channel 4 on Big Brother's Big Mouth
between 2004 and 2005 when he is said to have carried out the final assault on
a radio station worker.
The comedian arrived at the court shortly before 10am in a black
Mercedes Benz, with a media scrum of photographers and broadcasters capturing
his every move.
He wore a grey blazer over a thin black scarf and a black and white
pinstriped shirt, which was partially unbuttoned; around his neck, he bore
several pendants, including two crosses and a medallion.
He said nothing to the photographers and journalists gathered outside
the court as emerged from the car, some of whom called out his name.
And he looked straight ahead as he walked up the steps inside, flanked
by lawyer Oliver Schneider-Sikorsky.
Mr Schneider-Sikorsky successfully defended Kevin Spacey against
sex assault allegations in 2023.
The charges came following a joint investigation by The Sunday Times and
Channel 4's Dispatches programme in September 2023 in which several women
accused him of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse, which he
denied.
When he was charged, Brand addressed his 11.3million followers on X
saying he was 'never a rapist'.
The married father-of-three, was once one of the most popular comedy
stars on Channel 4.
In recent years, has reinvented himself as an anti-woke political
podcaster amassing millions of online followers on the alternative video
platform Rumble.
He has also converted to Christianity, and was seen being baptised in
the River Thames by TV presenter and adventurer Bear Grylls.
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