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Woman gives evidence of alleged rape by Russell Brand at London trial
At Southwark Crown Court in London, a woman described an alleged assault by Russell Brand at a Soho bar in 2004.
She told police that Brand grabbed her and pulled her into a toilet, where she alleged he forced her to perform oral sex.
She said she closed her eyes and tried to distance herself from what was happening.
Afterward, she said, Brand suggested they swap phone numbers.
Brand denies seven charges involving six women and has pleaded not guilty; he says any sexual contact was consensual.
The allegations cover the period from 1999 to 2009, and the trial is expected to last six weeks.
The trial is continuing at Southwark Crown Court.
Russell Brand’s trial entered its second week at Southwark Crown Court in London on 19 October 2026.
Brand has pleaded not guilty to seven offences involving six women, alleged to have occurred between 1999 and 2009.
On day six, jurors watched a police interview with a woman identified in court as Complainant 3, who described an alleged assault at a London bar in 2004.
The woman alleged that Brand assaulted her in a toilet and later exposed himself in a car.
Brand has denied wrongdoing and said his encounters with women were consensual.
- Who
- Russell Brand and six women who have made allegations against him.
- What
- Brand’s trial on seven alleged sexual offences entered its second week. He has pleaded not guilty.
- When
- The second week began on 19 October 2026; the alleged offences are said to have occurred between 1999 and 2009.
- Where
- Southwark Crown Court in London.
- Why
- Brand is on trial over three alleged rapes, three alleged sexual assaults and one alleged indecent assault.
Russell Brand
Complainant 3
Alleged incident
Russell Brand
Brand has denied wrongdoing and said his encounters with women were consensual.
Complainant 3
She alleged that Brand sexually assaulted her in a toilet at a London bar in 2004.
Account of events
Russell Brand
Brand’s barrister suggested she willingly followed him because she was “charmed” by him.
Complainant 3
She said she was not charmed and that Brand grabbed her and took her to the toilet.
The jury was selected and sworn in, and the first two alleged victims gave evidence from behind screens.
Brand returned to Southwark Crown Court as the trial began its second week.
The jury watched a 2023 police interview with Complainant 3, who also gave evidence from behind a screen.
- Defendant
- Russell Brand
- Court
- Southwark Crown Court, London
- Charges
- Three alleged rapes, three alleged sexual assaults and one alleged indecent assault
- People involved
- Six women
- Alleged offence period
- 1999–2009
- Complainant 3’s alleged incident
- Soho’s Nordic Bar, July 2004
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What people are saying
I was not charmed in the slightest; I met this man for less than a minute when he sexually assaulted me
He was pushing my head in as far as he could
If I do this, maybe he won’t try to rape me further
I guess we should swap numbers now.