Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
14%
3 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
84
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
Russell Brand has said a documentary that made allegations about his behaviour had a "devastating" effect on him, and made friends and colleagues turn against him.
asserted
friends → publish → him
The entertainer has begun giving evidence as his defence case gets under way at his trial at Southwark Crown Court in London.
asserted
case → begin → London
Brand, 51, is accused of three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, and one charge of attempted indecent assault.
asserted
Brand → accuse → assault
The allegations, made by six female complainants, span a 10-year period between 1999 and 2009.
asserted
allegations → make → 1999
He denies all the charges.
asserted
He → deny → charges
Asked whether consent was important to him, he replied: "Consent is fundamental, essential, necessary and indeed many ways more important that sex itself."
asserted
Consent → ask → sex
Brand entered the witness box and took the oath as his evidence began on Wednesday morning, after the prosecution closed their case.
asserted
prosecution → enter → case
Defence barrister Ian Winter KC began by taking Brand through the indictment, asking him if he had committed the offences.
After each question, Brand replied "no" loudly towards the jury.
asserted
Brand → begin → jury
Brand was then asked about a documentary that aired in 2023, which included some allegations against him.
asserted
which → ask → him
Asked by Winter what impact the documentary had had on his friends and colleagues turning their backs on him, Brand said: "It was devastating."
asserted
It → ask → him
Winter questioned whether Brand had been able to persuade any friend or acquaintance who might have been able to give evidence on his behalf to appear in court.
uncertain
who → question → court
Brand, wearing a black suit with an open neck white shirt and a loose black tie, replied: "I have not."
asserted
I → wear → shirt
Winter asked: "Will they touch you with a bargepole?"
asserted
they → ask → bargepole
Brand said: "No."
asserted
Brand → say → ?
Brand also claimed in court that he was told he could not stay with his son at Great Ormond Street hospital in London when the child was having open heart surgery, following the documentary and a newspaper investigation.
uncertain
child → claim → documentary
He told the court: "Due to material that had been published in the public eye they had to bar my attendance and presence.
asserted
they → tell → attendance
"They were unclear about what legal reason there was but that was the reason they gave to my wife Laura and I."
uncertain
they → be → wife
Brand told the court: "My entire life has been consumed by these allegations," adding that he had "devoted myself to these matters".
asserted
he → tell → matters
Winter asked Brand if he recalled meeting the first complainant, who alleges he raped her at the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth in 1999.
asserted
he → ask → 1999
Brand said yes, explaining that he found her "loquacious" and "interesting".
asserted
her → say → ?
When asked if there was any truth in the allegations that he raped her, he said: "No."
asserted
he → ask → her
The trial continues.
asserted
trial → continue → ?
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