Russell Brand accuser testifies at rape trial

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 19:02 · Archive

An MTV worker testified that Russell Brand assaulted her in a London bar in 2004.

An MTV worker has given evidence at Southwark Crown Court in Russell Brand's rape trial, describing an alleged assault at a London bar in 2004. The woman, the third complainant to give evidence, said Brand grabbed her breasts without consent during a brief conversation, then dragged her to a nearby toilet where she alleges he orally raped her.

In a police interview played to jurors, the woman said she had wanted to meet Brand after seeing him on television. She described the alleged assault happening in less than a minute, saying he held her by her head and hair, and when she froze in shock he told her not to be a 'spoilsport'. She insisted she was not, as Brand's defence may suggest, a 'giddy schoolgirl' at the time of the encounter.

Brand, 51, once one of Britain's most high-profile broadcasters and the former husband of US singer Katy Perry, denies three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault against six women spanning 1999 to 2009. After his arrest, he told police he had never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity and suggested the accusers may have re-imagined events.

How it is being reported

• Brand's accuser denies being 'giddy schoolgirl'A TV worker who says she was raped by Russell Brand has insisted she "wasn't a giddy schoolgirl" during her encounter with the star in a central London bar.Perth Now · 19 Oct, 18:38
• Brand's accuser denies being 'giddy schoolgirl'A TV worker who says she was raped by Russell Brand has insisted she "wasn't a giddy schoolgirl" during her encounter with the star in a central London bar.The West Australian · 19 Oct, 18:38

In this story: Russell Brand · Katy Perry · Southwark Crown Court · MTV · London

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