{"id":48384,"date":"2025-05-02T00:38:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T04:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/russell-brand-to-appear-in-court-on-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/02\/05\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T00:38:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T04:38:02","slug":"russell-brand-to-appear-in-court-on-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/russell-brand-to-appear-in-court-on-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/02\/05\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Brand to Appear in Court on Rape and Sexual Assault Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The comedian and actor Russell Brand was scheduled on Friday to appear before a London court on multiple charges of sexual assault, including two counts of rape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">His appearance at Westminster Magistrates Court will be the first, largely procedural, step in what are likely to be lengthy criminal proceedings. It comes a month after <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/04\/arts\/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-charges.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">British prosecutors charged Mr. Brand<\/a> with one count of rape, one of oral rape, two counts of sexual assault and another of indecent assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prosecutors said in a news release last month that the charges related to \u201creported nonrecent offenses between 1999 and 2005, involving four women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Brand has denied all the charges. In a video posted to his social media accounts in April, Mr. Brand said that he had \u201cnever engaged in nonconsensual activity\u201d and that he looked forward to defending himself in court.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In Britain, the first hearing in a criminal trial is \u201clargely administrative,\u201d said Stuart Nolan of the Law Society, an organization representing British lawyers. On Friday, Mr. Nolan said, the judge would simply refer the case onto a higher court, called a crown court, which deals with more serious offenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Brand would also be asked to confirm his name, address and date of birth, but would not enter a plea, Mr. Nolan added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A plea hearing would happen in about a month\u2019s time, Mr. Nolan said, but the actual trial might only begin \u201ca year from now,\u201d because of a backlog of cases in Britain\u2019s judicial system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Brand became a star in Britain in the early 2000s with hit stand-up shows and appearances as a TV and radio host. Later, after the period covered by the charges, he achieved fame in the United States, too, when he starred in movies including \u201cForgetting Sarah Marshall\u201d (2008) and \u201cGet Him to the Greek (2010). He was briefly married to the pop star Katy Perry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In recent years, Mr. Brand became better known for conspiracy-minded YouTube videos. Almost seven million users subscribe to his channel, where Mr. Brand has posted clips about politics and news events such as the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Under British law, news outlets cannot identify anyone who makes sexual assault allegations unless they choose to waive their right to anonymity. After charges have been filed, strict rules also prevent the reporting of any information that could prejudice a jury at trial.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/01\/arts\/russell-brand-uk-court-rape-charges.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The comedian and actor Russell Brand was scheduled on Friday to appear before a London court on multiple charges of sexual assault,<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/russell-brand-to-appear-in-court-on-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/02\/05\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/04\/26\/multimedia\/CUL-BRAND-TRIAL-HFO-wthq\/CUL-BRAND-TRIAL-HFO-wthq-facebookJumbo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48384"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}