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• The prosecution, outlining its case against Mr. Brand, said that during the time when crimes were said to have taken place, he saw women as “simply a means to an end.”S1
• browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page Russell Brand was a ‘ruthless, calculated and manipulative sexual predator’ with an ‘insatiable desire to get what he wanted with whomever he wanted it’, his rape trial was told this morning. Th...S2
• Russell Brand was “ruthless and calculated” with an “indiscriminate and voracious” desire for sexual contact, the prosecution alleged in its opening statement at the actor and comedian’s rape trial in London. Brand has been charged with three counts of rape, t...S3
• The comedian and podcaster is facing accusations of rape and sexual assault from six womenS4
• Russell Brand back in Southwark crown court today where his rape and sexual assault trial is set to beginBrand was driven to the court in a black Mercedes-Benz van, which parked directly outside the court building, where crowds of reporters and photographers h...S5
• The prosecution are due to open their case against actor and comedian Brand todayS6
• Russell Brand, who denies all charges against him, is set to go on trial today accused of offences against six different women between 1999 and 2009S7