Russell Brand appears in court this afternoon to face two new sexual offence charges, including rape, involving two additional women. The alleged incidents occurred in London in 2009, according to court documents filed in December.
The 50-year-old comedian and actor is scheduled for his first appearance at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. The new charges expand the scope of ongoing legal proceedings against him.
Brand already faces five separate charges related to alleged offences between 1999 and 2005. These original charges include two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, and two counts of sexual assault involving four women.
Original allegations
The earlier charges detail specific incidents: raping a woman in a hotel room while she attended a Labour Party conference in Bournemouth, grabbing a TV worker's breasts and orally raping her after dragging her into a male toilet, and groping a radio station worker after pushing her against a wall.
Brand has denied all five original charges. His trial for those allegations is scheduled to begin at Southwark Crown Court later this year.
Background
The Oxfordshire resident presented Big Brother spin-off shows in the 2000s. He was married to US pop singer Katy Perry from 2010 to 2012 and is now married to Laura Gallacher, sister of presenter Kirsty. The couple has two children.
The charges followed an investigation by Channel 4 and The Sunday Times involving allegations from multiple women.
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