Russell Brand was ruthless, calculated and manipulative sexual predator, court told
Comedian faces three charges of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault against six women Russell Brand rape and sexual assault trial…
The Guardian reports: Comedian faces three charges of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault against six women Russell Brand rape and sexual assault trial – latest updates Russell Brand was a ruthless, calculated and manipulative sexual predator who boasted about wanting to have sex with 5,000 women, a court has heard.
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- The 51-year-old comedian is alleged to have had an “insatiable desire” to get what he wanted and treated women as a means to an end, jurors were told. (The Guardian)
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