Russell Brand seems in courtroom for first time to face rape and sexual assault expenses | EUROtoday

Russell Brand has appeared in courtroom for the primary time to face accusations of rape and sexual assault.

The comic and actor appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday after flying again to the UK from the US for the listening to.

The 49-year-old was granted bail after talking solely to verify his title, date of start, handle and that he understood his bail situations throughout the brief listening to.

Brand, carrying an open shirt and denims and holding his sun shades behind his again, listened intently to the small print of the costs as he sat within the dock.

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He was charged by submit final month with one depend every of rape, indecent assault and oral rape, in addition to two counts of sexual assault, regarding 4 separate girls.

The courtroom heard that Brand allegedly raped a girl in a resort room when she attended a Labour Party convention.

Following a theatrical occasion in Bournemouth in 1999, it’s alleged that whereas the girl went to the toilet, Brand eliminated a few of his clothes and later pushed her on the mattress, eliminated her underwear and raped her.

The courtroom heard one other of Brand’s alleged victims, who accuses him of indecent assault, is alleged to have been grabbed by her forearm by the actor as he tried to pull her right into a male rest room at a tv station in 2001.

The courtroom heard the third alleged sufferer was a tv employee Brand met in Soho in 2004.

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He is accused of grabbing her breasts earlier than allegedly pulling her into a rest room and orally raping her.

The ultimate complainant is a radio station employee who met Brand whereas he was working for Channel 4 on Big Brother’s Big Mouth between 2004 and 2005, the courtroom heard.

Brand is alleged to have grabbed her by the face with each palms, pushed her towards a wall and kissed her earlier than grabbing her breasts and buttocks.

A felony probe was launched after a joint investigation by Channel 4 Dispatches and The Sunday Times in September 2023, through which a number of girls accused Brand of rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse.

Press surrounded Brand’s automotive because it arrived on Marylebone Road, as he arrived carrying sun shades and a navy open-buttoned shirt.

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He didn’t communicate to reporters as he walked the brief distance into the courtroom – which took over two minutes as he moved by means of photographers trying to take his image.

In a video beforehand posted on his X account, Brand mentioned he welcomed the chance to show his innocence. He will seem on the Old Bailey on May 30.

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Brand, who was born in Essex, rose to fame as a comic and media persona within the noughties.

Through the last decade, he turned a family title as he introduced Big Brother spin-off reveals Big Brother’s Big Mouth and Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack.

He additionally hosted a BBC Radio 2 present between 2006 and 2008. earlier than he left the position following an on-air prank through which he left a “lewd” voicemail for Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs about his granddaughter.

He now lives within the US together with his spouse Laura Gallacher, the sister of presenter Kirsty, with their two kids.