Woman tells UK court that comedian Russell Brand raped her
A woman told police that British actor and comedian Russell Brand had grabbed her breasts before dragging her into a toilet at a bar and orally raping her, a London court heard on Monday. Brand, once one of Britain’s most high-profile broadcasters and the former husband of US singer Katy Perry, is on trial accused of three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault against six women between 1999 and 2009. The 51-year-old denies the allegations, and told police after his...
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same London trial and accuser testimony against Brand; it describes a different alleged incident (toilet at a bar) than Report 1's account of anal rape at his house, but both are p
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