
Friend of complainant recounts details of alleged 2009 incident at Brand's London home
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Russell Brand faces seven charges including rape, sexual assault, and indecent assault spanning 1999 to 2009. He has entered a plea of not guilty to all counts.
The friend of a woman claiming to have been raped by Russell Brand told a jury the complainant had told her after the alleged attack that it had "really, really hurt".
The witness who spoke via video link at his trial said she had attended the Hammersmith Apollo theatre in London with the alleged victim in 2009, where they had been invited to the defendant's dressing room after his comedy show.
She said the woman had told her she had visited Brand's house in London soon after meeting at the theatre.
Brand, 51, has pleaded not guilty to all seven charges in the trial - three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.
The allegations span a 10-year period from 1999 to 2009 and involve six female complainants.
The witness said Brand had sent a car to collect the woman, which took her to his place in Hampstead.
She said when they spoke about it "quite soon after", she said she "was just crying - really upset".
"He was quite aggressive," she said her friend had told her.
"He forcibly put it in my bum and "it really really hurt".
The witness says she remembers specifically asking the complainant if she had said no to Brand when the alleged attack started.

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