Russell Brand regarded sex as a 'way of life' and told police he had 'countless' sexual encounters, a court heard.
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A jury was told the 51-year-old actor, who was arrested for rape, outlined the 'magnitude' of his promiscuity when he was questioned about allegedly attacking six women over a decade.
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In a police interview in 2023, Brand claimed his 'very promiscuous' celebrity lifestyle of kissing hundreds of women and sleeping with fans had been 'unfavourably reframed', suggesting that his accusers had 'invented' their claims.
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The star denies three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault.
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The court heard that Brand blamed the media when he was arrested in 2023 after a Dispatches documentary was broadcast outlining allegations of sexual misconduct.
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He told police: 'I had sexual encounters in countless locations and scenarios often with people I had just met.
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'The way of life that I have described, the magnitude of the promiscuity, deceptively rendered in recent media attacks, accompanied by advertisements for complainants, have caused consensual encounters to be unfavourably reframed decades later.
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When Brand was quizzed by police four times between November 2023 and July 2025, he insisted he had 'never engaged in any non-consensual sexual activity'.
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Russell Brand is seen on Tuesday leaving Southwark Crown Court where he is facing charges of rape, sexual assault and attempted indecent assault
He admitted kissing 'hundreds' of fans, having sex consensually in toilets, and leaving women shortly after sex.
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'I led a very promiscuous life in the past, which I have spent years openly denouncing', Brand said in a statement.
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'On September 16, 2023, a defamatory and fictitious documentary was broadcast in conjunction with the publication of two national newspapers containing false, anonymised allegations which led to unprecedented media reporting.
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'Subsequently, both the media and the police publicly invited additional allegations to be made, which resulted in further encounters being invented or reimagined.'
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Brand claimed he could not remember his accusers, but said it was possible they had 'consensual sexual activity or physical contact that has since been reimagined'.
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He told detectives: 'In the past, my engagement with interested members of the public was friendly, consensual and warm.
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At live shows, press events, junkets, and book signings, I did my best to be accessible, non-discriminatory and loving.
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I spent a lot of time at these events.
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I have shared kisses with hundreds of members of the public during press events, and photos of many such kisses - in front of hundreds of people - are available online.
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Everything I did in public once I was famous could be photographed or recorded and end up in the tabloids - I was aware of this.
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Brand, pictured with his wife Laura, denies all charges
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I routinely made provocative jokes or comments both with members of the public and during live performances and broadcasts.
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'I did on occasion find reasons for leaving, or for asking partners in casual sexual encounters to leave, shortly after the experience had concluded.'
Addressing one allegation that he had orally raped an MTV worker during a party at a Soho bar
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, Brand said: 'I have had consensual sex in toilet cubicles during parties.
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I have never forced anyone into a toilet and I have never forced my penis into anyone's mouth.'
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Earlier, jurors at Southwark Crown Court heard that Brand was a 'nightmare to work with'.
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The court heard that a Channel 4 worker who has accused the celebrity of sexually assaulting her during filming for a project in 2009 had told a colleague: 'Let's not forget that he made me massage him, lying across my lap.
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He was a nightmare to work with - so rude, so controlling.
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Today Brand was formally acquitted of one of the charges against him.
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The judge instructed jurors to acquit the star on an indecent assault charge in relation to a claim that Brand tried to drag an MTV worker into a toilet in 2001.
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Mr Justice Bennathan ruled that the charge Brand should face is 'attempted indecent assault', instead of 'indecent assault'.
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The judge explained to jurors that the indictment had been amended to reflect the new charge of attempted indecent assault, which the defendant has pleaded not guilty to.
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The trial continues.
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