A 2010 comedy spun off Forgetting Sarah Marshall; Russell Brand stars, Jonah Hill leads
The Guardian and BBC report on Russell Brand facing multiple rape and sexual assault charges from 1999–2009. Six women have made allegations; Brand denies all charges. Court proceedings feature testimony from a complainant describing a 2001 incident and a video interview from 2023; the case spans a decade.
Brand, a 51-year-old British entertainer and former husband of Katy Perry, faces multiple rape, sexual assault and indecent assault charges involving six women from 1999 to 2009. He denies the allegations and the trial at London’s Southwark Crown Court is expected to last six weeks, with all victims granted lifelong anonymity.