Russell Brand, ex -husband of Katy Perry, will return to the court on May 30 for accusations of rape

The British humorist and actor Russell Brand He was sent to a Criminal Court for accusations of rape and sexual aggressions, in addition to being put in a bail regime, after a brief hearing on Friday before a London court.

To the actor, ex -husband of the pop star Katy Perryhe is accused of two violations and several sexual abuse, against a total of four women, in the coastal region of Bournemouth (southern England) and in London, between 1999 and 2005.

Brand, who will turn 50 in June, went to the Westminster Magistrates, in London on Friday, to deal with accusations.

The interpreter, who became an anti -system “influencer” on social networks, only expressed himself to indicate his identity, his date of birth and his direction before the court, and then listen, impassively, the reading of the charges against him.

Before, with sunglasses and black shirt, the comedian made its way between cameras and photographers to reach the audience.

Brand was released on bail (a regime that implies certain conditions that must be met), waiting for its next appearance, on May 30, before the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, popularly known as Old Bailey, in charge of judging the accusations.

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 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 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.