Russell Brand, ex -husband of Katy Perry, on probation accused of rape and other sexual abuse

Russell Brand has protested his innocence in the social networks of serious accusations of sexual violence that charged him last month, but British presenter and humorist avoided pronounced legally in his first judicial appearance. The now ‘influencer’, 49, appeared this Friday in the Court of Magistrates of Westminster in the initial hearing of the notorious case, which will continue in the National Criminal Court, the historic Old Bailey of London, at the end of the month.

Until then, Brand will be on probation and can move from his home in the English countryside to his home in Florida, where he lives lately.

A melé of photographers and television cameras bet on the court, waiting for the arrival and exit of the accused, who hid his eyes with his sunglasses and wore the middle shirt unbuttoned. Brand has embraced an ultra version of religious Christianity that claims in his audiovisual communications.

This time, he listened to the accusations of rape and sexual abuse from the glazed cubicle of the Westminster Court. The Prosecutor’s Office accuses him of five crimes against four women, who would have taken place between 1999 and 2005.

Brand, who denies all the positions, then worked for British media, including the BBC and the Channel 4 television channel.

The London Metropolitan Police opened a file against the famous humorist following a series of complaints and allegations of sexual assault collected in a joint investigation of Channel 4 and The Times group, released in September 2023. Almost two years later, police investigations have resulted in the processing of Brand for two crimes of rape, one of indecent aggression and two of sexual aggression.

For singer Katy Perry, married and father of three children, claims to have been promiscuous in her youth, without ever practicing unseeout sex. «He was a moron, an addict of drugs and sex. But I was never a rapist, ”he says in a video broadcast after knowing the serious positions he faces in England.