‘Laughing’ Russell Brand ‘sexually assaulted radio worker in “sloppy & frenzied” attack as his entourage watched’
“LAUGHING” Russell Brand sexually assaulted a radio worker in a “violent, sloppy and frenzied” attack as his entourage stood by and watched, a court heard.
The comedian, 51, is accused of forcing six women into sexual acts and kissing and groping them in an “obsessive” campaign to sleep with 5,000 women.
On the fifth day of his trial, jurors heard from a woman who was in her 20s working at a radio station in the mid-2000s when Brand allegedly sexually assaulted her.
She told Southwark Crown Court Brand was a “perfect stranger” to her at the time and said his alleged assault was “violent”, “sloppy” and “frenzied”.
Describing the alleged attack, she added: “It was hard, I would say it was sloppy, he kissed my mouth, he just was kissing me and it was hard, it was very hard.
“He was kissing me all down my neck, his hands at the same time were all over me.”
Asked about where his hands were, she said: “He touched my bum, he touched my breast, he had his hand on my waist and his other hand was just pinning me against the wall, and his body was just pressed up against me.”
The woman added: “It was rough, it was very, very rough. It was hard, I would say that his whole body was pressed against me, the kisses were hard and sloppy, going down my neck
“The reason I used the word frenzied is because it was just, it was violent.”
She said four members of Brand’s entourage including a woman were in the room at the time but “did nothing”.
The woman wept as she told jurors: “I wonder why those people didn’t do anything to stop him.”
She also told the court she had locked eyes” with the other woman and was “pleading with her” to stop what was allegedly happening.
The woman said she was “stunned” and “in a haze” but managed to push Brand away and told him to “f*** off”.
She added: “I remember he made like a sound, that was like funny – ha ha – like that.”
Jurors heard Brand allegedly preyed on the complainants between 1999 and 2009 in a bid to satisfy his “voracious” sexual appetite.
One of the women was allegedly raped in a hotel room in Bournemouth in 1999 after a Labour conference.
The woman said Brand had suddenly “changed” from being “camp, friendly, and effeminate” to “monster-like”.
Jurors were also shown pictures that Brand allegedly made one of the women take moments before he raped her.
The images – released by police – show the comedian topless in a pair of white trousers blowing a kiss to the camera.
She told police she remembers feeling “frightened” after Brand forced her to take the pictures of him on her camera.
She added: “I took pictures of him on my camera – he made me take them.
“I was frightened. I remember feeling ‘what on earth have I got myself into’ – and then he did rape me.
“He pushed me onto the bed. He did take my trousers off.”
She previously claimed he emerged topless from the toilet and “was prancing around the room, a bit like an ostrich, doing silly walks like Basil Fawlty”.
The woman later added: “I found his body quite snake-like and disgusting. It made me feel sick, if I’m being honest.”
Another alleged victim who claimed she was targeted by Brand while working at MTV in 2001 also gave evidence.
At the time he was the flagship presenter at the video music channel, jurors heard.
The woman said Brand was “pleading” for her to join him in the toilet before he “grabbed me by the arm and started to pull me in, saying ‘come on, come in with me’.”
She described Brand as a “wild-eyed maniac” during the alleged assault and said she was left “bewildered” and “confused”.
Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones KC dubbed the comedian a “sexual predator” who was “ruthless, calculated and manipulative”.
She also said women have told police he was “childlike in his expectation that his every desire should be met”.
The court heard the alleged offences took place when Brand’s “public profile was taking off”.
He allegedly prayed on women in a number of locations – including workplaces, a toilet cubicle in a bar and at his home address.
The fifth alleged victim met Brand after seeing his show at the Hammersmith Apollo in London with a friend in 2009.
He allegedly told her his age range was from “16 to death” before she was invited to a backstage bar where they kissed and had a threesome.
The woman claims she went to his home the next day where Brand told her: “Your hair smells funny”.
He then made her take a shower and wash her hair while he watched through a glass shower cubicle, it was said.
Ms Karmy-Jones said once in the bedroom, they had consensual sex but afterwards Brand “flipped” the woman on to her front and on all fours and allegedly penetrated her anally.
Afterwards, jurors heard the comedian told her to “clean up the mess you have made”.
The sixth woman worked for Channel 4 when she met Brand while he was filming a project.
She said she was informed Brand was “unhappy” and the situation would not improve unless she gave him a massage, jurors were told.
The woman claimed he walked up to a chair she was sitting on and placed his head directly into her groin area.
Brand has denied three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault against six women.
The trial continues.