Russell Brand has been found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
The actor was found guilty of raping a 21-year-old fan after meeting her at a 2009 stand-up show at the Hammersmith Apollo.
Jurors also found Brand guilty of sexually assaulting a Capital Radio worker after encountering her in a corridor in 2005 and of sexually assaulting a Channel 4 worker during a forced massage in 2009.
Brand, 51, was found guilty of groping another MTV worker during a party at a Soho bar in 2004, but not guilty of going on to orally rape her in a toilet.
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Jurors found Brand not guilty on charges of raping a woman he met at a cabaret show on the fringes of the 1999 Labour Party conference in Bournemouth and of trying to drag an MTV worker into a toilet to indecently assault her in 2001.
Speaking to Brand after the verdict was delivered, Mr Justice Bennathan said: “You’ve been convicted of a number of offences including rape.
“The consequence of that is inevitably a significant custodial term.
“My current view is that I therefore have to remand you into custody.”
He added that the sentencing hearing would take place on Monday (November 9).
How did this trial start?
Brand had been accused of seven offences against six women spanning 10 years of his showbiz career from 1999 to 2009, where he denied all allegations made.
This initially started after detectives began investigating in September 2023 after receiving several allegations following reporting by Channel 4’s Dispatches and The Sunday Times.
His trial began at Southwark Crown Court on October 12, with the jury hearing testimony from the complainants and witnesses, as well as Brand himself.
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