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Russell Brand Trial: Woman Says He Treated Her 'Like an Animal'
Confirmed
In Short: A woman testified at Southwark Crown Court that Russell Brand treated her 'like an animal' during an alleged rape in 2009.
At Southwark Crown Court, a woman testified that Russell Brand treated her 'like an animal' during an alleged rape in 2009, according to court proceedings.
The woman, who was 21 at the time, claims she met Brand at one of his comedy shows at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2009 and engaged in consensual sex acts with him in his dressing room.
Months later, she received a text message from Brand saying, 'Because you're dirty and I want to push you further,' prompting her to visit his house again.
During this visit, she alleges Brand forced her to shower and brush her teeth before engaging in non-consensual anal sex.
The woman told the court that after the alleged rape, Brand looked 'horrified' and told her to clean up the mess, pointing her to wet wipes in the bathroom.
In a recorded police interview, the woman said she did not consent to the anal sex and that Brand's response was immediate when she expressed discomfort.
The woman also told the court that she later texted Brand, saying, 'I think you've pushed me far enough, you treated me like an animal.'
Brand, 51, denies all charges, including three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, and one count of indecent assault, spanning allegations from 1999 to 2009.
What this adds
The woman testified that she was a 'massive fan' of Brand and had performed oral sex on him after the gig despite having a boyfriend at the time.
Brand's barrister, Ian Winter KC, cross-examined the woman, suggesting she had consented to anal sex but later regretted it due to pain and fear of contracting HIV.
Background
A woman testified at Southwark Crown Court that Russell Brand raped her in a hotel room after a cabaret performance at the 1999 Labour Party conference.
A woman alleges Russell Brand raped her in a hotel room after a cabaret performance at the 1999 Labour Party conference.
What's confirmed
- Asked by the detective in the interview whether there was ever a conversation about anal sex, she replied: "No." Brand, 51, denies three charges of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one charge of indecent assault.
- The woman added: "I do remember his response was immediate. He said, 'I'm sorry'."
- She was 21 at the time of the alleged rape and Mr Brand was 33.
- She said he wrote back, "because you are dirty and I want to push you further".
What's still developing
- "You did not reply, did you, that 'you raped me'?"
- "You made it clear that you went to his house to have sex with him, knowing his reputation," he said.
- She said that was "correct", adding: "I want to flag that I wanted to go there, I take ownership."
- The barrister said that after the show the woman had performed oral sex on Brand “who was effectively a total stranger, because you were obsessed with him at the time”.
- In tense exchanges with Brand’s barrister Ian Winter KC during cross-examination, the woman denied she had consented to anal sex but later regretted it because she was in pain and feared she had contracted HIV.
- Brand is accused of anally raping the woman at his three-storey Victorian townhouse after picking her out from a crowd at one of his stand-up performances at the Hammersmith Apollo in early 2009.
- The TV personality listened intently in the dock as the woman gave evidence from behind a screen at Southwark crown court on Wednesday.
Sources
- ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporationlink
- BBClink
- The Guardianlink
- WarpBeat — background on Woman Alleges Russell Brand Raped Her After Cabaret Show link
- WarpBeat — background on Russell Brand Trial: Woman Alleges She Was Raped By Star In Hotel Room After He Posed For Semi-Nude Photos link
- Brittany Simon — video link