The British humorist and actor Russell Brand It was declared on Friday not guilty of two violations and several sexual assaults, during a brief hearing before a London court, where he will be tried on June 3, 2026.
The 49 -year -old humorist, ex -husband from the pop star Katy Perry, He has been accused by four women for events that supposedly occurred between 1999 and 2005, in the coastal region of Bournemouth (southern England) and in London.
The comedian, turned into an anti -system influencer ‘, who will turn 50 in June, only expressed himself to defend his non -guilt before the Southwark Crown Court Court in London.
Russell Brand was released on May 2 on bail, a regime that implies certain conditions that must be met.
“I was a moron, but never a rapist”
After the accusations, in early April, the humorist and actor, 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 on that occasion in a video published in X.
The actor had already been interrogated by the police in November 2023.
The police opened an investigation on that occasion after the Sunday Times and the television Channel 4 revealed the accusations of four women against the artist, one related to a rape and the others with 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 violation of a woman in 1999 in Bournemouth, on the southern coast of England, while 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.
With AFP information
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