Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Evening Standard's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
111
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A former MTV employee has told a jury she was left "in shock" after Russell Brand allegedly sexually assaulted her within minutes of meeting her at a Soho birthday party before leading her into a toilet cubicle.
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Brand → tell → cubicle
Giving evidence through a recording of her police interview played at Southwark Crown Court, the woman said she had been excited to meet Brand at the Nordic Bar in 2004 after watching him on Big Brother's Big Mouth.
asserted
she → give → Mouth
But she claimed the encounter quickly turned into something very different.
asserted
encounter → claim → something
The woman alleged that Brand suddenly grabbed her breasts while they were talking at the busy central London venue.
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they → allege → venue
Describing the moment, she said Brand had a "weird maniacal grin" and looked "like a clown" with a "weird look in the eye".
asserted
Brand → describe → eye
"I was completely in shock and was like, 'What the hell are you doing? I've literally just met you'," she told police.
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she → do → police
The woman said Brand then took hold of her arm and led her towards the toilets.
asserted
Brand → say → toilets
Jurors heard details of what she says happened inside the cubicle, where she alleges Brand ignored her protests and repeatedly urged her not to be a "spoilsport".
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Brand → hear → her
The witness said everything happened very quickly and that she "froze", adding that she was left feeling unable to react.
asserted
she → say → ?
Afterwards, she recalled Brand behaving as if nothing unusual had occurred.
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nothing → recall → ?
"He was very much normal, just acting like nothing had happened," she said.
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she → act → ?
The woman, who is the third of Brand’s accusers to give evidence, said she told a friend about part of the encounter with the comedian, but “didn’t want to admit that I’d done it to anybody, because I feel like I probably could have stopped it, I don’t know”.
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I → give → it
The court heard she later telephoned a male friend and disclosed part of what had happened.
asserted
what → hear → part
She said she downplayed the incident because she felt ashamed and did not want to think of herself as a victim.
asserted
she → say → victim
"I wanted to change the narrative so I wasn't a victim in my head," she said.
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she → want → head
The woman also told police she never reported the allegation at the time because she believed it would be her word against that of a rising television star during what she described as "those laddish culture times".
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she → tell → times
She said she later told close friends and avoided Brand whenever possible.
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she → say → Brand
The witness said she was "absolutely appalled" when MTV subsequently hired him as a presenter while she was still working there.
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she → say → presenter
"Any time he was in the building, I just refused to go over or to any parties," she said.
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she → refuse → parties
"If I knew where he was, I would just avoid."
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I → know → ?
Brand, 51, denies three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault.
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Brand → deny → assault
The trial continues.
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trial → continue → ?
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