The British actor and humorist, Russell Brandinterpreter in films such as “Rockstar Mission” (2010) and former American singer Katy Perry, He arrived on Friday to the court that launches his trial for Several crimes of sexual violation and aggression against four women in the United Kingdom.
Brand did not make statements to the reporters upon arriving this morning at the Westminster Magistratesat the center of the British capital, after last April 4 the Metropolitan Police of London (MET, or Scotland Yard) announced its imputation after being authorized by the Prosecutor’s Office.
The first view of your process will begin at 10.00 local time (5.00 Chile), when you are expected to confirm your data and preliminary issues are managed.
The accusations against Brand
The 49 -year -old comedian, and who previously rejected the allegations, is accused of rape, indecent aggression, oral violation and two positions of sexual assault.
According to information released by the MET last month, in 1999 the actor, who resides, according to the media, in the United States, allegedly violated a woman in the Bournemouth areain southern England, and in 2001 he sexually assaulted another in the Westminster district in London.
Besides, 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.
The Police began investigation in September 2023after receiving several complaints following the revelations released in the program ‘Dispatches’ of Channel 4 and the newspaper ‘The Sunday Times’.
It is a case that has a great impact on the United Kingdom due to the influence that Brand came when it was at the top of its success in this country.
The presenter, who had radio programs at the BBC, has always argued that all his sex were “Absolutely consented” And, in his first comments when the accusations came to light, he criticized “media corruption and censorship”
