Crossfiled1 outlets · filed 15 October 2026
Russell Brand made alleged rape victim take photos of him half naked, trial told
Woman claims comedian ‘pranced around like an ostrich’ before forcing himself on her in hotel room attack Russell Brand transformed into a “monster” when he allegedly made a woman take half-naked photographs of him before raping her in a hotel room at a Labour party conference, a court has heard.
What the coverage shows
BBC News and Channel 4 News both focus on the trial evidence being shown to jurors, but they differ on which material they foreground. Channel 4 News says jurors were shown a police interview with a woman who claims she was raped, and that detail appears only in its extract. BBC News instead leads on the jury not being shown a TV documentary, saying the judge found it would be unfair because the allegations had not been tested in court.
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