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British police announced Tuesday that comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with new rape and sexual assault charges.
The new charges, approved by the Crown Prosecution Service, concern two women and follow five charges in April involving four other women, including two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault, dating back more than 20 years.
Mr Brand, 50, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on January 20 in relation to the new charges. A trial on the earlier charges is due to begin at Southwark Crown Court on June 16.
Reuters attempted to contact Mr Brand for comment.
Bland pleaded not guilty to the original five charges in May. The former famous British broadcaster and ex-husband of American pop singer Katy Perry has denied having sex without consent.
After the original charges were announced, he said that while he was a fool and a sex addict when he was younger, “I was never like that, I was a rapist.”
The initial investigation began in September 2023 after the allegations were reported by Channel 4 TV’s Dispatch program and the Sunday Times newspaper.
