{"id":2210417,"date":"2026-10-21T11:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2210417"},"modified":"2026-10-21T11:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T08:47:01","slug":"woman-told-russell-brand-he-treated-her-like-an-animal-court-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2210417","title":{"rendered":"Woman told Russell Brand he ‘treated her like an animal’, court hears"},"content":{"rendered":"

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    One of the women who claims Russell Brand raped her later told him he had “treated her like an animal”, a court has heard.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The comedian’s trial at Southwark Crown Court in London has been hearing recorded police interviews with a female complainant, who claims she did not consent to anal sex with him at his house in 2009.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Brand, 51, denies three charges of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one charge of indecent assault. He has said he has never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The allegations span a 10-year period from 1999 to 2009 and involve six female complainants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    On Wednesday, the jury heard an interview with a woman who says she first met Brand at one of his comedy shows at Hammersmith Apollo in 2009.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    She said she had a boyfriend at the time but went to his dressing room, where she performed a sex act on him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The woman said it was during their next meeting at his house when the sex was not consensual and she had only agreed to vaginal sex.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Asked by the detective in the interview whether there was ever a conversation about anal sex, she replied: “No.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    She said she was surprised to receive a “random” text message from Brand six months later, saying he wanted to “push her further”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    She said she replied asking: “Why are you even messaging me?”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    “I remember his response, saying, ‘Because you’re dirty and I want to push you further’.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The jury heard that the woman did not respond straight away because she was upset, but then replied saying: “I think you’ve pushed me far enough, you treated me like an animal.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The woman added: “I do remember his response was immediate. He said, ‘I’m sorry’.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    During cross-examination, the woman was asked by defence barrister Ian Winter KC about her decision to meet Brand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    “You made it clear that you went to his house to have sex with him, knowing his reputation,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    She said that was “correct”, adding: “I want to flag that I wanted to go there, I take ownership.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The woman said she had a couple of glasses of alcohol while getting ready at home and another glass while waiting in a restaurant for Brand’s driver to pick her up on the day of the alleged rape.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The court heard he made her shower and brush her teeth before they had sex.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Winter suggested that Brand asked her to do so because he did not like the smell of alcohol “because of his soberism”, but the woman said it was because “he didn’t like the smell of my hair”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    When questioning her about the alleged rape, Winter put to the female complainant: “You had vaginal sex with a condom on and then it finished with you agreeing to anal sex.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The woman replied: “I did not consent to that at that time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    “We’re not here to discuss my morality. We’re here to discuss criminality. I thought I was going to have penetrative vaginal sex.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    “He acted like nothing happened.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    She broke down in tears at the end of giving her evidence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    The trial continues.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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