Crime & Justice
Russell Brand accuser told mother she screamed in pain during alleged rape, court hears
October 22, 2026 at 05:28 PM
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Russell Brand's trial has heard a woman told her mother the comedian raped her in 2009, saying she screamed in pain and asked him to stop.
- Brand, 51, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault against six women.
- The woman's mother said her daughter told her Brand forced anal sex on her "and didn't stop even when she screamed out in pain."
- A colleague told the court the woman described being "bleeding everywhere," with Brand shouting: "Look what you've done to my fucking sheets."
- Witnesses told the court they urged the woman to go to police, but she feared she would not be believed.

