Russell Brand accuser said alleged rape 'really hurt', court hears

BySima Kotecha

Senior UK analogous astatine Southwark Crown Court

The person of a pistillate claiming to person been raped by Russell Brand told a assemblage the complainant had told her aft the alleged onslaught that it had "really, truly hurt".

The witnesser who spoke via video nexus astatine his proceedings said she had attended the Hammersmith Apollo theatre successful London with the alleged unfortunate successful 2009, wherever they had been invited to the defendant's dressing country aft his drama show.

Statements from the woman's parents were besides heard successful court, saying their girl had told them astir the alleged attack, and that she had been "very disquieted astir HIV".

Brand, 51, has pleaded not blameworthy to each 7 charges successful the proceedings - 3 counts of rape, 3 charges of intersexual battle and 1 of indecent assault.

The allegations span a 10-year play from 1999 to 2009 and impact six pistillate complainants.

The witnesser said the pistillate had told her she had visited Brand's location successful London soon aft gathering astatine the theatre, and that helium past sent a car to cod the woman, which took her to his spot successful Hampstead.

She said erstwhile they spoke astir it "quite soon after", she said she "was conscionable crying - truly upset".

The witnesser said Brand had forced her into having anal enactment astatine the extremity of an brushwood that started disconnected consensually.

"He was rather aggressive," she said her person had told her.

"He forcibly enactment it successful my bum and "it truly really hurt".

The witnesser says she remembers specifically asking the complainant if she had said nary to Brand erstwhile the alleged onslaught started.

She said the pistillate replied "lots of times".

"She told maine that she was successful a batch of pain" and that "she couldn't beryllium down".

Another person of the aforesaid complainant besides gave grounds to the court.

From the witnesser box, she told the assemblage her person had told her that she had told him to halt during the alleged rape.

She said her person had said the worst infinitesimal had been aft the act, and "she said that Brand told her she'd been soiled and had to cleanable up her mess".

"She said helium was rather acold and keen to get her gone".

The witnesser said she had fixed her person proposal aft she had confided successful her.

"I told her that she should spell and get checked retired due to the fact that she had anal tears and a batch of discomfort and to question guidance from her parents and to spell to the police.

"She conscionable wasn't definite - it was each a spot chaotic successful her head. She felt similar it wasn't worthy it."

She told jurors: "She didn't deliberation she would beryllium believed, and she didn't deliberation it would beryllium worthy it to go.

"She benignant of enactment it down her."

Statements from the alleged rape victim's parents said their girl stayed with them for astir 2 months aft the alleged incidental with Brand.

Her mother's connection said: "I conscionable retrieve her saying 'he raped me'.

"She was precise disquieted astir HIV," she said, adding that her girl had started talking astir it during a car journey.

"She said she went to his place, went to spot him, arsenic she had ever admired him."

Her begetter recalled their girl being "very upset and precise unwell", during the stay, that that she was "upset by thing that had happened to her."

The begetter said successful his connection that his girl told him: "They were having sex, she asked him to stop, she kept saying she had been assaulted.

"I turned to her successful the car and asked if she asked him to stop, and she said 'no' respective times.

"I said 'you person been raped, that's rape'."

He said his girl got a intersexual wellness check, and helium said helium had lone precocious learned his girl is accusing Brand of anal rape.