Russell Brand says friends abandoned him after sex crime allegations

The Irish Times · Irlanda · Prensahace 19 horas

British comedian and actor Russell Brand ‌said on Wednesday that friends and colleagues turned against him after allegations of sex crimes were made against him, before telling a jury in a London court that consent was fundamental. Brand, once a regular figure on British television and star of a number of Hollywood movies, is on trial accused of three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and an attempted indecent assault involving six women between 1999 and 2009.

Brand (51) denies all the allegations. Appearing in the witness box in the third week of his trial at London’s Southwark Crown Court, Brand said “no” loudly and clearly when his lawyer ⁠asked him if he had committed any of the alleged crimes.

The jury has previously been told how all the ‌complainants came ‌forward to detectives after a documentary was broadcast in 2023 along with a number of newspaper articles in…

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