The English comedian and actor Russell Brand released the Southworks Crown Court, where he is accused of rape and sexual harassment in London, Friday, May 30, 2025. Photo Credit: AP
Actor and comedian Russell Brand on Friday not convicted allegations of rape and sexual harassment in a London court, with four women dating for more than 25 years.
The brand, which turned 50 next week, denied two rape cases, two cases of sexual assault and a count of indecent attacks. He said that “not guilty” after reading each charge in Southwark Crown Court.
Their test was scheduled for June 3, 2026 and is expected to last for four to five weeks.
The prosecutors said the crimes took place between 1999 and 2005 – one in the English seaside city of Bornmouth and the other three in London.
The brand did not talk to reporters as he opened under his chest and black jeans in court wearing dark sunglasses, a suit jacket, a black collar shirt.
The brand is accused of raping a woman in a hotel room in Bornmouth, when she attended the 1999 Labor Party Conference and met her at an event where she was performing. The woman alleged that while staying in the bathroom, the brand snatched and when she returned to the room, she pushed her to bed, removed her underwear and raped her.
Another woman said that the brand caught her front and tried to pull her into a male toilet at a television station in London in 2001.
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The third accused was a television employee who met the brand at a birthday party at a time in 2004, where he allegedly grabbed her breasts before pulling her into the toilet and forced her to have oral sex.
The final accused worked at a radio station and met the brand when he was working on the spin-off of the “Big Brother” reality television program between 2004 and 2005. He said that the brand grabbed her with both hands, pushed her against a wall and kissed her before catching her breasts and buttocks.
Associated press does not name people victims of alleged sexual violence, and British law protects their identity from media for life.
Published – May 30, 2025 04:36 pm IST
