Comedian and actor Russell Brand pleads not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges

Russell Brand has pleaded not blameworthy to rape and intersexual battle charges arsenic helium appeared successful tribunal successful London.

The British comedian and actor, who has been surviving successful the US, was charged by station past period with 1 number each of rape, indecent battle and oral rape arsenic good arsenic 2 counts of intersexual assault.

The charges subordinate to alleged incidents involving 4 abstracted women betwixt 1999 and 2005.

The 49-year-old pleaded not blameworthy to each the charges astatine Southwark Crown Court today.

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