Russell Brand Trial: Woman Alleges Rape at His Hampstead Home
Russell Brand is standing trial at Southwark Crown Court on three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, and one count of indecent assault involving six women across the United Kingdom between 1999 and 2009.
Testimony at Southwark Crown Court Details 2009 Hammersmith Apollo Encounter
The trial focuses in part on allegations from a woman identified in court as Ms E, who attended Brand’s Scandalous tour at the Hammersmith Apollo in February 2009 when she was 21 years old. According to a 2025 police interview played to the court, Ms E stated she was a massive fan whose father bought the tickets. The court heard that during the performance, Brand told the audience that if anyone wanted to have sex with him, they likely could, and added that if he asked someone to his dressing room, it was not to give an autograph. He allegedly continued with: “My age range is from 16 to death.” Brand has listened intently during the prosecution’s case.
Ms E told police that Brand pointed at her and her friend in the foyer after the show. Security officers subsequently took them backstage to a dressing room. Ms E stated she performed a consensual sex act on Brand before leaving, and later accepted an invitation to his Hampstead home in North London a few days later. The court heard that Ms E identified real estate photos of Brand’s bedroom and bathroom taken eight months after the alleged incident.
Allegations Concerning Events at the Hampstead Townhouse
Inside the three-storey Victorian townhouse, Ms E told police that Brand directed her to shower and brush her teeth before consensual sex began. Ms E told her mother Brand did not stop even when she screamed out in pain and asked him to stop. According to court testimony, Ms E told a colleague she was bleeding everywhere and that Brand shouted at her, saying, “Look what you’ve done to my fucking sheets.”
The prosecution presented real estate photos of Brand’s bedroom and bathroom taken eight months after the alleged incident, which Ms E identified in court. During cross-examination, Brand’s barrister Ian Winter KC challenged Ms E’s evidence, suggesting her adoration for the comedian clouded her judgment. Mr Winter put to the witness that she went along with what Brand wanted because she was young, impressionable, and obsessed with him, and argued that she consented. Ms E repeatedly insisted she did not consent, telling the court she made a huge mistake and reported the alleged rape in 2025 to rid herself of guilt and shame. “I didn’t agree to do that,” she replied when Mr Winter put to her that she agreed to it, adding: “We’re not here to discuss my morality. I didn’t consent to what happened to me.” Ms E told the court Mr Brand “didn’t act like he’d done something criminal” after the alleged rape, to which Mr Winter replied: “That’s because you consented.” Ms E said, “I’m sorry,” to which Mr Winter put to her: “You did not reply, did you, that ‘You raped me’?” “No,” she said. Mr Winter then said: “You replied, ‘You pushed me far enough and you treated me like an animal’.”
Brand Denies Additional Rape and Sexual Assault Allegations
In addition to the allegations concerning Ms E, the court has heard testimony from another woman who accuses Brand of raping her after a Labour Party Conference fringe event. Three women allege he sexually assaulted them in the workplace, with two stating his entourage watched and did nothing, and another alleging he grabbed her breasts at a bar and forced her into a sex act in a toilet cubicle. Her father said his daughter told him: “They were having sex, she asked him to stop, she kept saying she had been assaulted.”
Brand, 51, has pleaded not guilty to all charges. He has sat quietly in the glass-walled dock while his wife, Laura Gallacher, has observed from the public gallery. With the prosecution’s case nearing its close, the defense is scheduled to open its case next week, leaving open the question of whether Brand will take the witness box. The trial continues.
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