Russell Brand arrives at court accused of raping woman after Labour conference & dragging another into toilet at party
RUSSELL Brand has arrived at court accused of raping a woman at a Labour conference and dragging another into a toilet at a party.
The TV comic is accused of two counts of rape between 1999 and 2005 in Bournemouth and London.
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Russell Brand has arrived at court
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The comedian is accused of a string of offences
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Brand, 49, is also charged with two charges of sexual assault, and a count of indecent assault during the same dates.
He has arrived at Southwark Crown Court for a hearing after previously flying into the UK from the States.
Brand is accused of raping one woman in a Bournemouth hotel in 1999 after meeting her at a Labour Party conference.
The court previously heard he grabbed another woman's breasts at a party in Soho before pulling her into a toilet and orally raping her in 2004.
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Brand is also accused of grabbing a radio worker by the face and kissing her "sloppily and aggressively" against a wall before grabbing her breasts and buttocks.
The Met Police launched a probe into the TV presenter in September 2023 after The Sunday Times and Channel 4's Dispatches published an investigation into allegations over his treatment of women.
Following the charge, Brand told his 11.3million X followers that he was "never a rapist".
He added: "I've always told you guys that when I was young and single, before I had a wife and family… I was a fool, man.
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'I was a fool before I lived in the light of the Lord… I have never engaged in non consensual activity, I pray you can see that by looking in my eyes.'
At the height of his fame, Brand starred in a number of Hollywood films, including Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him to the Greek.
He was also an in-demand stand-up comic and presented on Big Brother spin-off shows Big Brother's Big Mouth and Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack.
Brand presented a BBC Radio 2 show between 2006 and 2008 but was forced to resign after he left a 'lewd' voicemail for Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs about his granddaughter.
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He has in recent years reinvented himself as an anti-woke political podcaster after splitting his time between the US and UK.
Brand, who was previously married to pop star Katy Perry, shares three children with his wife, Laura Gallacher, 37.
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The star has not yet entered a plea
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He wore shades and an open button shirt as he arrived at court this morning
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Brand was charged by post while living in the States
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The star pictured at his previous court appearance
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