Comedian and actor Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to two further sexual offences, including rape.
The 50-year-old had previously denied counts of rape, one of indecent assault and two of sexual assault regarding alleged offences between 1999 and 2005.
Brand appeared in Southwark Crown Court to plead not guilty to one further count of rape and one of sexual assault, allegedly taking place in 2009.
Russell Brand outside Southwark Crown Court, London.
The two latest charges are alleged to have taken place in London.
He was wearing an animal-print shirt with a number of buttons undone, sunglasses and a white hat.
The star currently lives in Florida and returned to London for the court date.
The court had previously heard that Brand is accused of raping a woman in a hotel room whilst she attended a Labour Party conference in Bournemouth, and grabbing a TV worker’s breasts and orally raping her after dragging her into a male toilet.
Brand is due to face trial in June.
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Comedian and actor Russell Brand has pleaded not guilty to two further sexual offences, including rape.
The 50-year-old had previously denied counts of rape, one of indecent assault and two of sexual assault regarding alleged offences between 1999 and 2005.
Brand appeared in Southwark Crown Court to plead not guilty to one further count of rape and one of sexual assault, allegedly taking place in 2009.
Russell Brand outside Southwark Crown Court, London.
The two latest charges are alleged to have taken place in London.
He was wearing an animal-print shirt with a number of buttons undone, sunglasses and a white hat.
The star currently lives in Florida and returned to London for the court date.
The court had previously heard that Brand is accused of raping a woman in a hotel room whilst she attended a Labour Party conference in Bournemouth, and grabbing a TV worker’s breasts and orally raping her after dragging her into a male toilet.
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