US EditionRussell Brand says he feels 'blessed' outside court before pleading not guilty to new charges
Russell Brand, 50, denies rape and sexual assault charges from 2009 involving two additional women, expanding a case with six alleged victims, ahead of a June trial.
- On February 24, 2026 at Southwark Crown Court, Russell Brand pleaded not guilty to one count of rape and one count of sexual assault and confirmed his name from the dock.
- Following reporting by Channel 4's Dispatches and The Sunday Times, detectives began investigating Brand in September 2023, and the Met Police charged him with two new offences in December relating to two women, adding to April 2025 charges involving four women.
- The two new charges are alleged to have occurred in 2009 in London, involving two women and incidents including a hotel-room rape at a Labour conference and assaults on TV and radio workers.
- His bail was renewed at the hearing, and a management hearing next month will decide whether to join the new allegations to the June trial at Southwark Crown Court.
- Brand, now largely an online figure, mixes wellness, politics and religion, told reporters he felt 'blessed' and said, `Of course, I'm now going to have the opportunity to defend these charges in court. And I'm incredibly grateful for that.
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British comedian Russell Brand pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to new charges of rape and sexual assault. Brand, who already faces similar allegations from four women, denied the new charges at a hearing at Southwark Crown Court. The alleged incidents took place in 2009, the Crown Prosecution Service said. In April, Brand was charged with two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault. Prosecutors later said the…
Russell Brand denies two new sexual assault charges in London court
The exchange lasted only minutes. Russell Brand stood in the dock at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, confirmed his name, and entered two more not guilty pleas. Outside, the case continues to widen. The latest charges concern allegations said to have taken place in London in 2009 and involve two women. They add to five earlier counts spanning 1999 to 2005, all of which Brand denies. On paper, the hearing was procedural. In reality, it marked an…
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Rolling Stone UKRussell Brand Pleads Not Guilty to New Sexual Assault Charges
Russell Brand pleaded not guilty to two new sexual assault charges at a London courthouse on Tuesday, Feb. 24, The New York Times reports. The comedian and YouTuber appeared at Southwark Crown Court, where he stood in a plexiglass box, confirmed his name, and listened as a clerk read out some of the details of the new charges, one for rape, one for sexual assault. Brand then entered his not guilty plea. The Crown Prosecution Service brought …
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