Woman Tells U.K. Court that Comedian Russell Brand Treated Her Like an Animal
The woman said Brand removed a condom and forced anal sex, as jurors heard the trial involves six accusers and seven charges.
- On Wednesday, jurors at Southwark Crown Court heard a complainant describe her 2009 encounter with Russell Brand, 51. The woman alleges a consensual visit to his Hampstead home turned into non-consensual anal sex, one of seven charges Brand denies.
- Brand faces seven charges involving six women spanning 1999 to 2009. His defense team, led by barrister Ian Winter KC, maintains that all past sexual encounters were fully consensual and have been "reimagined" by his accusers.
- Months after the incident, the woman received a "random" text from Brand saying he wanted to "push her further." She challenged him, asking, "Why are you even messaging me?" and later told him he had treated her "like an animal."
- Explaining the encounter's lasting impact, she told police the experience left her feeling "degraded" and "like a piece of meat." Brand allegedly responded to her text by saying, "Because you're dirty and I want to push you further."
- The trial, expected to last six weeks, follows a 2023 Dispatches documentary that helped prompt complaints to police. The woman insisted she does not "gain a single thing" by testifying, breaking down in tears at the end of her evidence.
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