British actor and comedian Russell Brand, accused of crimes of rape and sexual aggression by four women in the United Kingdom, He will be on probation until his next appearance before a Court in London on May 30, as determined on Friday a court.
Brand, 49, personally confirmed his identity, date of birth and his Ferry Lane address, in the English town of Hambleden, at a brief preliminary hearing in the Westminster Magistrates, in the center of the capital.
After reviewing the charges against Brand, an interpreter in films such as Get Him to the Greek (All about my riot2010) and ex -husband of American singer Katy Perry (they were married a year and a half), the magistrate determined to leave him on probation Until a next appearance before the Criminal Court of Old Bailey (London) next day 30.
Among the conditions imposed, Brand’s legal team must provide addresses of this, both in the USA (where partially resides) and in the United Kingdom, before today ends, under penalty of being arrested otherwise.
In addition, Brand is obliged to appear in person at the next hearing because, of not doing so, “I would be committing a crime and could go to jail”as the judge recalled.
On April 4, the London Metropolitan Police (MET, or Scotland Yard) announced the actor’s imputation after being authorized by the Prosecutor’s Office. The comedian, who previously rejected the allegations, is accused of rape, indecent aggression, oral violation and two positions of sexual assault.
In 1999 the actor allegedly violated a woman in the Bournemouth area, in the south of England, and In 2001 he sexually assaulted another in the Westminster district in Londonas the Prosecutor’s Office recalled today.
In addition, he is accused of raping orally and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004 also in Westminster and, in that same area, Sexually assault another between 2004 and 2005.
Police began investigation in September 2023, after receiving several complaints following the revelations released in The program Dispatches of Channel 4 and the newspaper The Sunday Times.
The presenter, who had radio programs at the BBC, has always argued that all His sexual relations were “absolutely consented” And, in his first comments when the accusations came to light, he criticized “media corruption and censorship”
