"Russell Brand has appeared in court charged with two further sexual offences, including rape. The comedian, 50, has already denied two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, and two counts of sexual assault in relation to alleged offences between 1999 and 2005, involving four women. He was further charged with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault in relation to two more women in December last year."
"Mr Brand, who also has an address in Oxfordshire, is accused of raping a woman in a hotel room while she attended a Labour Party conference in Bournemouth, and grabbing a TV worker's breasts and orally raping her after dragging her into a male toilet, the court heard in May. He is also alleged to have grabbed a radio station worker's face, pushing her against a wall and kissing her before groping her breasts and buttocks."
Russell Brand has been charged with two further sexual offences, including rape, linked to alleged incidents in London in 2009. He had previously denied two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, and two counts of sexual assault relating to alleged offences between 1999 and 2005 involving four women. Additional charges in December allege one count of rape and one count of sexual assault involving two more women. Brand attended Westminster Magistrates' Court via video link from Florida and was bailed to appear at Southwark Crown Court for a plea hearing on 17 February, with a condition to notify police of any change of address. A trial on the original five charges is scheduled later this year. The allegations include rape in a hotel room during a Labour conference and multiple alleged assaults on media workers following investigations by Channel 4 and The Sunday Times.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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