A woman who accused Russell Brand of anally raping her was allegedly left in so much pain after the attack that she “couldn’t sit down,” a friend testified in court this week.
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According to the BBC, the witness — who testified remotely — claimed she accompanied the alleged victim to the Hammersmith Apollo theatre in London back in 2009, where they were invited to the comedian’s dressing room after his show.
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The witness said her friend later told her that Brand had sent a car to bring her to his London home, where an initially consensual sexual encounter allegedly turned into rape.
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The woman was “just crying” and “really upset” when she recounted the alleged incident to her friend shortly afterward, the witness testified.
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witness → cry → friend
Brand “was quite aggressive,” the witness recalled her friend saying, adding that he “forcibly put it in my [butt]” and that “it really, really hurt.”
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The witness said she asked her friend whether she had told Brand “no,” to which the alleged victim replied, “lots of times.”
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victim → say → times
“She told me that she was in a lot of pain” and that “she couldn’t sit down,” the witness testified, per the BBC.
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witness → tell → BBC
A second friend, who testified in person, also claimed the woman told her she had repeatedly asked Brand to stop during the alleged encounter.
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she → testify → encounter
The witness further alleged that Brand told the woman she had “been dirty” and needed to “clean up her mess.”
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she → allege → mess
Brand was “quite cold and keen to get her gone” afterward, the alleged victim reportedly told her friend.
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victim → get → friend
The second witness said she encouraged the woman to seek medical attention because she had suffered anal tears and was experiencing significant discomfort, according to BBC.
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She also advised her friend to speak with her parents and report the alleged attack to police.
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However, the alleged victim “felt like it wasn’t worth it” and was struggling to process what had happened, according to the testimony.
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The woman “didn’t think she would be believed,” the witness claimed, so she “kind of put it behind her.”
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The woman’s former boyfriend also testified that she became “very upset” whenever she discussed her alleged encounter with Brand, which she described as rape.
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she → testify → rape
During cross-examination, Brand’s attorney, Ian Winter KC, questioned the man about a previous statement in which he said the woman had “come round” to having anal sex.
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The witness acknowledged making the statement but clarified that the woman had “surrendered to the idea.”
“If I was being attacked, you either fight back or surrendered, it doesn’t negate the attack,” he testified.
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The accuser’s mother also provided a statement to the court, saying her daughter was “very worried about HIV” following the alleged attack.
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daughter → provide → attack
She added that her daughter “had always admired” Brand.
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daughter → add → Brand
The woman’s father also recalled his daughter telling him she had repeatedly asked Brand to stop during the alleged encounter.
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she → recall → encounter
“I said ‘you have been raped, that’s rape,'” he recalled.
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Reps for Brand did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment on Thursday.
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The “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” actor is facing seven charges — three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault — stemming from alleged incidents involving six women between 1999 and 2009.
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Brand, who was briefly married to singer Katy Perry from 2010 to 2011, has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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After authorities announced charges against him in 2025, Brand took to Instagram to vehemently deny the allegations.
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“I’ve always told you guys that when I was young and single … I was a fool,” he said in a video at the time.
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“Man, I was a fool before I lived in the light of the Lord.
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He insisted, “I’ve never engaged in nonconsensual activity,” adding, “I pray that you can see that by looking in my eyes.”
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Prior to that, amid a media investigation into the matter in September 2023, Brand issued a social media statement strongly denying the “very serious allegations that I absolutely refute.”
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Though he admitted in the video message to being “very, very promiscuous,” he stated that his relations “were absolutely always consensual.”
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