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He said &#8220;not guilty&#8221; after each charge was read in Southwark Crown Court.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said the offenses took place between 1999 and 2005 &#8211; one in the English seaside town of Bournemouth and the other three in London.<\/p>\n<p>Brand did not speak to reporters as he arrived at court wearing dark sunglasses, a suit jacket, a black collared shirt open below his chest and black jeans.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/30\/85725cdb-26d8-4335-8d47-ce2e133fe9e8\/thumbnail\/620x413\/65d70e6066a87222474aa152ff1edc70\/gettyimages-2217785987.jpg?v=15603985a4508c8e7bc83d8e4e73c5d0#\" alt=\"Russell Brand Appears At Southwark Crown Court Charged With Rape And Sexual Assault \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/30\/85725cdb-26d8-4335-8d47-ce2e133fe9e8\/thumbnail\/620x413\/65d70e6066a87222474aa152ff1edc70\/gettyimages-2217785987.jpg?v=15603985a4508c8e7bc83d8e4e73c5d0 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/30\/85725cdb-26d8-4335-8d47-ce2e133fe9e8\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/c7872fbb303b509275b677bc68432a9e\/gettyimages-2217785987.jpg?v=15603985a4508c8e7bc83d8e4e73c5d0 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Russell Brand arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London on May 30, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He is accused of raping a woman at a hotel room in Bournemouth when she attended a 1999 Labour Party conference and met him at an event where he was performing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A second woman said Brand grabbed her forearm and attempted to drag her into a men&#8217;s toilet at a television station in London in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>The third accuser was a television employee who met Brand at a 2004 birthday party where he allegedly grabbed her breasts before pulling her into a toilet and forcing her to perform oral sex.<\/p>\n<p>The final accuser worked at a radio station and met Brand while he was working on a spin-off of the &#8220;Big Brother&#8221; reality television program between 2004 and 2005.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>British law protects the identity of victims of alleged sexual violence.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brand charged with rape, sexual assault Russell Brand charged with multiple counts of rape, sexual assault in U.K. 02:01 Actor and comedian Russell Brand pleaded not guilty in a London court to rape and sexual assault charges involving four women dating back more than 25 years. 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