UK police say comedian Russell Brand charged with two more sex offences
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The charges against Russell Brand relate to two women and follow five charges made in April involving four other women.
PHOTO: REUTERS
- Russell Brand faces new charges: one rape and one sexual assault, relating to two women, authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service.
- These new charges follow five earlier charges from April involving four women, including rape and sexual assault, which Brand denies.
- Brand, who is 50, will appear in court in January; his trial for the original charges is scheduled for June.
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LONDON - British police said on Dec 23 that comedian and actor Russell Brand had been charged with a new count of rape and another of sexual assault.
The new charges - authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service - related to two women and followed five charges made in April
Brand, 50, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Jan 20 in relation to the new charges.
A trial on the earlier charges is scheduled to begin at Southwark Crown Court on June 16.
Reuters has attempted to reach Brand for comment.
Brand pleaded not guilty in May to the five original charges.
Once a well-known broadcaster in Britain and a former husband of US pop singer Katy Perry, he has denied having non-consensual sex.
After the original charges were announced, he said he had been a fool and a sex addict in his younger days but “what I never was, was a rapist”.
The original investigation began in September 2023 after allegations were reported by Channel 4 TV’s Dispatches show and The Sunday Times newspaper. REUTERS
Actor and comedian Russell Brand speaking at a summit in the US on Dec 18 for conservative youth group Turning Point USA, founded by the late Charlie Kirk, an ally of US President Donald Trump who was assassinated in September 2025.
PHOTO: REUTERS
