The British humorist and actor Russell Brand It was declared on Friday not guilty of two violations and several sexual assaultsduring a brief hearing before a London court, where he will be tried on June 3, 2026.
The 49 -year -old comedian Exmarido of the pop star Katy Perryis accused by four women, whose identity is protected, for events that supposedly occurred between 1999 and 2005, in the coastal region of Bournemouth (southern England) and in London.
The comedian, turned into influencer Anti -system, which will turn 50 in June, only expressed to defend its non -guilt before the Southwark Crown Court Court in London.
Russell Brand was released on May 2 on bail, under specific conditions that must respect.
After the accusations, in early April, the humorist, who became popular in the United Kingdom for conducting a program derived from the reality show Big Brother, denied the charges and claimed to have had addictive behaviors in the past, but never have been a rapist.
“I was a fool, a drug addict, a sex addict and a moron, but never a rapist. I never had unseeled sexual activities,” he said then in a video published in X.
The actor had already been interrogated by the police in November 2023.
Police investigation opened after a joint revelation from the Sunday Times newspaper and the Channel 4 chain, in which four women accused Brand of rape, sexual assaults and psychological violence.
“We have authorized the Metropolitan Police to accuse Russell Brand for the allegations made after the publication of a documentary in Channel 4 in September 2023,” the Crown Prosecutor’s Office (CPS) announced in April.
Brand is accused of the rape of a woman in 1999 in Bournemouth. The other positions refer to events that occurred in the Westminster area, in downtown London, in 2001, 2004 and 2005.
After her marriage to Katy Perry, who lasted 14 months between 2010 and 2012, Brand married the author and illustrator Laura Gallacher, with whom she has three children.
