Russell Brand accuser says he turned 'monster-like' before alleged rape

A woman who alleges Russell Brand raped her in a hotel has said she was left feeling "dirty" and afraid she may be pregnant in the aftermath of the alleged attack.

The 51-year-old actor and comedian faces seven charges - three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.

The allegations, made by six female complainants, span a 10-year period between 1999 and 2009. He denies the charges.

Video evidence played to the jury at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday showed one of his complainants tell the police: "He raped me basically and I know that happened."

The jury heard one of Brand's accusers say she had met him in 1999, before he was famous.

The woman was heard speaking in a police interview recorded in 2023, when reporting the alleged crime.

She said she had attended the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth and went to a fringe event where she said she spoke to Brand. She alleges he later raped her.

The complainant said they had both gone back to a hotel room. She told the officer she thought Brand "was gay" when they met earlier and she didn't feel like he was "trying it on with her".

She said she had been in the bathroom, but when she came out "he had like briefs on - and I was like taken aback and shocked. He was prancing around".

The complainant alleged Brand told her: "Don't worry, that's how I am".

She recalled thinking "what on earth have I got into" when, she claims, a shirtless Brand made her take photos of him before the alleged attack.

She told the officer: "I'm reporting that Russell Brand did rape me.

"What I'm going to say now - then, I second guessed myself if it was rape because it was so normal.

"Sorry... he raped me basically - I know that happened. I remember him touching my breasts a lot - while kissing my neck."

The woman recounted how Brand acted "like Basil Fawlty when he does his goose steps" before the alleged rape.

She told the officer: "I remember him being like an ostrich - like a bird because he was very leggy.

"I wasn't laughing, I just remember him jumping up and down being silly."

The woman said after Brand left the room she was "just sitting there crying and I felt stupid," adding: "In that moment in time I was just shocked."

At one point in the police interview, she cried while saying "this was something dirty that had happened".

She said she "thought it was my fault", adding that she was "having nightmares" about the possibility of being pregnant.