This is the Day 7 of the seven week trial report of the Russell Brand trial, accused of rape, sexual assault of six women. Russell Brand pleads not guilty to all charges stating that the encounters have been reimagined by the complainants.
CHARGE(S):
1. 3 Counts of Rape
2. 3 Counts of Sexual Assault
3. 1 Count of Indecent Assault
Victim(s): Anonymous according to the sexual offences act 1992
Courthouse: Southwark Crown Court, London, United Kingdom.
Officers of the court
Judge:
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE BENNATHAN
Barristers/Attorneys:
Crown Prosecution Service – Riel Karmy-Jones KC
Defence – Ian Winter KC
CPS v. Russell Brand – Day 7 Trial Summary
Day 7 of CPS v. Russell Brand at Southwark Crown Court focused heavily on the presentation of corroborating evidence for Count 6, featuring testimony and statements from a comprehensive roster of 11 witnesses. The prosecution presented an array of friends, former boyfriends, the complainant’s parents, an NHS clinical manager and nurse, and an Edinburgh show ticket seller who collectively detailed contemporaneous and long-term disclosures made by the Count 6 complainant. These witnesses corroborated her accounts of being invited to Brand’s home, experiencing initial consensual vaginal sex followed by unconsented anal penetration, suffering physical pain and bleeding, allegedly being forced to clean blood and excrement from the bed by Brand, and also expressing intense fear that authorities would not believe her.
Full report below!
