Russell Brand Appears in London Court On Rape Charges, Granted Bail

Russell Brand was in a London courtroom Friday to face a number of rape fees — and, after a brief backwards and forwards with the decide, he walked out of the constructing a free man … for now.

The actor’s 14-minute court docket look this morning was so simple as answering a bunch of procedural questions from Decide Paul Goldspring, in keeping with the New York Times.

Model reportedly confirmed his identify, date of start and deal with in Nice Britain, earlier than Goldspring granted him bail. The NYT mentioned Russell thanked the decide and strolled out of the courtroom with out exhibiting any “seen emotion.”

As we reported, Brand was charged with one depend of rape, one depend of indecent assault, one depend of oral rape and a couple of counts of sexual assault simply over a month in the past on April 4. The incidents date again to 1999.

In line with a court docket doc obtained by the Occasions, one of many alleged incidents of sexual assault described the star fondling a girl’s breasts, whereas the lady behind the indecent assault cost — which may embody nonconsensual sexual touching with out rape — claimed he dragged her towards a male rest room.

The “Keep Free” podcast host denied all the charges whereas responding in a social media video he recorded whereas on trip along with his household in Florida.

Whereas he denied raping anybody, he confirmed he was “a drug addict, a intercourse addict and an imbecile” when he was youthful earlier than discovering a life “within the gentle of the Lord.”

Stuart Nolan, chair of the Felony Regulation Committee of the Regulation Society, a corporation representing British legal professionals, mentioned a trial might not begin for one more 12 months.