Russell Brand's youngest alleged victim has told how she was raped at his £2.3million home after being handpicked from a line-up of fans.
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The 51-year-old comedian is accused of preying on a 21-year-old after luring the fan to his Hampstead mansion, promising to 'help' her after a break-up.
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Brand, who was then 33, is alleged to have pushed the woman face down into the pillow of his 'enormous bed' while he raped her, leaving her struggling to breathe.
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Southwark Crown Court heard that the alleged victim was bleeding and ordered to 'clean up the mess you have made'.
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Brand is accused of three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one allegation of indecent assault, which he denies.
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On Tuesday, the court heard harrowing details of the alleged 2009 attack after the woman met Brand following a gig at the Hammersmith Apollo.
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She told police: 'In the years that followed, I tortured myself because it was one of the most painful experiences I have ever gone through.'
Jurors heard that she and a 19-year-old girl were selected for a 'threesome' after Brand pointed at her in a line of female fans in the theatre foyer, saying: 'You'.
Russell Brand pictured leaving Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, where he faces rape and sexual assault charges
The comedian, 51, held hands with his wife Laura Brand, as the trial enters a second week
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The court heard from Brand's alleged youngest victim, a 21-year-old who claims she was raped in the bedroom of his home in Hampstead, north London
Giddy with excitement, she went for drinks with the comic and they kissed in a bar before he invited her backstage.
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'I did perform oral sex with him and he did have sex with this other girl on the sofa', she recalled.
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'He asked me why I did not have sex with him and I said I had a boyfriend.
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We don't belong to anyone."
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'I was quite tearful at that point, and he asked for my number.
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I came out feeling f****** awful.
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The woman confessed to her boyfriend afterwards and they split up.
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Brand then allegedly began texting and calling her, promising: 'I will hold you and help you'.
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The alleged victim, who described herself as a 'massive Russell Brand fan', said: 'I probably knew it was bull**** but it was nice to hear.'
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She was instructed to go to a restaurant, provide a false name and wait for a driver to take her to Brand's three-storey home in Hampstead.
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Describing his living room, which had a stag's skull mounted above the fireplace, she said: 'Some unusual art.
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When he came through, he was the bubbly persona that he was on stage.'
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The pair went upstairs after Brand is said to have told her: 'This is the best decision you have ever made.
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She said of his room which had a framed crucifix over the bed: 'I remember the black loo roll because it was distinctive.
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She recalled: 'We were kissing and he was like, "You need to have a shower, your hair smells funny".
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'That did not sound kind.
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I showered and he then said you need to brush your teeth.
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It made me feel grubby and dirty.'
The pair had consensual sex, but the alleged victim said: 'It felt very awkward.
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It didn't matter who I was, and I just sort of wanted it to be over.'
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She alleges that Brand then removed the condom and anally raped her without warning, forcing her head onto the pillow.
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'I felt like I could not speak and breathe.
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I was not aware that he was going to do that, there was not any conversation,' she said.
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'I asked him to stop quietly then I said it a few times more loudly.
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He said "I want you to feel my c**'."
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After the attack, Brand instructed her to 'clear up' the bed before putting on the TV to watch Quantum Leap, it was said.
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The alleged victim was ushered out of the house by a member of staff before being handed tissues by a driver, she said.
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The alleged victim claims Brand asked her to take a shower before he allegedly raped her.
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Pictured: Inside a bathroom at his Hampstead home
The alleged victim described Brand's living room as having a stag's skull mounted above the fireplace and 'some unusual art'
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The alleged victim claimed she was driven to Brand's three-storey home in Hampstead (pictured)
Feeling 'small and powerless', the woman stopped eating, sleeping and later developed an addiction to alcohol after blaming herself for the attack saying: 'I didn't think what happened to me would happen to a nice girl.'
She feared that she had contracted HIV, but tests came back clear.
She added: 'It was traumatic.
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He hurt me.
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He harmed me and when I begged him to stop he didn't.
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In 2025, the alleged victim went to police because she said: 'I don't want to live with this anymore.
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I don't want to die not saying this to the right people.'
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…and 8 more, not listed.
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