Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
8%
2 of 24 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
41
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
Warning - this report contains graphic content
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report → publish → content
A woman who alleges she was raped by Russell Brand at a bar told the police "I just closed my eyes and tried not to be there" while the attack was taking place.
asserted
attack → allege → place
In a 2023 video interview with an officer shown to the jury at his trial, the woman said she had been speaking to Brand about him hosting the Channel 4 show Big Brother's Big Mouth when he allegedly sexually assaulted her.
uncertain
he → show → her
Brand, 51, faces seven charges in the trial - three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.
asserted
Brand → face → assault
The allegations, made by six female complainants, span a 10-year period between 1999 and 2009.
asserted
allegations → make → 1999
He denies the charges.
asserted
He → deny → charges
In her recorded interview with police, the woman said "he literally just grabbed my boobs out of nowhere in the middle of the conversation".
asserted
he → record → conversation
A short while later, she said he "dragged me in the toilets" where the floor was flooded, before "he unzipped himself" and allegedly orally raped her.
uncertain
he → say → her
The woman is the third complainant the jury have heard from in the trial - and the second to allege rape.
asserted
jury → hear → rape
The pair had been attending a birthday party in Soho in London in 2004 when the alleged incidents happened.
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incidents → attend → 2004
She said after the alleged sexual assault, "The visual I remember is just this big grin - it felt like a clown, (with) that sort of weird look in the eye.
asserted
it → say → eye
He just moved towards (me) and grabbed both my boobs".
asserted
He → move → boobs
She said the alleged rape was "swift", and left her "in disbelief and shock".
"
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rape → say → disbelief
The toilets were behind where he stood.
asserted
he → stand → ?
It was literally just grab and pull.
asserted
It → grab → ?
He was holding me quite strongly on the arm and pulled me in that direction," she said.
asserted
she → hold → direction
"Part of me was saying just get it over with so you can get out of here".
asserted
you → say → it
"I just closed my eyes and tried not to be there.
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I → close → eyes
I just remember it felt like a force.
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it → remember → force
I definitely said I don't want to do this," she added.
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she → say → this
After the alleged rape, the woman, who was in her 20s at the time, said Brand "turned to me and said 'oh I guess we should swap numbers now'".
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we → allege → numbers
Russell Brand denies all the charges and has pleaded not guilty.
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Brand → deny → charges
He has said that any sexual contact if it happened, would have been consensual.
asserted
it → say → ?
The trial continues and is expected to last for six weeks.
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trial → continue → weeks
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