Actor-comedian Russell Brand reached the London’s Westminster Magistrates Court on May 2 to face charges of rape, indecent assault and sexual assault by the Metropolitan Police.
Inside the courtroom, Brand confirmed his name and date of birth before the individual charges were read out. The first hearing is expected to see the case, given the serious nature of the accusations, referred to the Crown Court for a trial to start at a later date, claim news reports.
The charges, which were brought last month, relate to four separate women and incidents that took place between 1999 and 2005.
Among them are the claims that in 1999, a woman was raped in the Bournemouth area of the UK, a woman was indecently assaulted in the Westminster area of London in 2001, and a woman was orally raped and sexually assaulted in 2004, also in the Westminster area. Between 2004 and 2005, it’s also reported that a woman was sexually assaulted again in the Westminster area.
Brand has previously denied allegations against him. After the news of the charges came out, Brand addressed the claims on social media via video. “When I was young and single, before I had my wife and family, I was a fool, was a fool before I lived in the light of the lord, I was a drug addict, sexaddict, and an imbecile. But I never was a rapist. I’ve never engaged in non-consensual activity. I pray that you can see that by looking in my eyes.” The expose that took place in 2023, included a 90-minute documentary and article in the Sunday Times, saw Brand accused of “rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse”.
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