Russell Brand性侵案伦敦庭审进入第二周:多名指控者先后作证 Brand否认全部指控并作无罪答辩

英国喜剧演员、前广播电视主持人 Russell Brand 涉嫌性侵案的庭审在伦敦 Southwark 刑事法庭进入第二周。现年 51 岁的 Brand 共面临七项指控,包括三项强奸、三项性侵与一项猥亵,涉及六名女性,指控事件发生于 1999 年至 2009 年之间。Brand 已对全部指控作无罪答辩,并否认曾有任何非自愿性行为。
检方在开案陈述中由检察官 Riel Karmy-Jones 向陪审团表示,Brand 的涉案行为与其职业生涯一样「范围广泛、形式多样」,检方形容他「冷酷、工于心计、善于操纵」。庭审第一周,首名指控者就 1999 年工党大会期间的指控作证,称自己「明确」不愿与 Brand 发生性关系;Brand 的前友人 Mark Pinheiro 作证称,事发次晨 Brand 显得慌张、催促众人立即离开,并曾对他说前一晚与一名女子的相处「可能有点过头」。
本周一,法庭播放了第三名指控者的警方录音访谈。她称 2004 年在伦敦 Soho 一家酒吧,自己被 Brand 抓胸并拖入洗手间格间强迫口交,当时她整个人「僵住了」。辩方律师 Ian Winter 在交叉质询中主张,洗手间内的情节在物理上不可能发生,并质疑她当年对亲友只说自己逃脱了一次未遂侵犯、直到 2023 年媒体报道后才报案称遭到强奸;该指控者回应说,自己当初因羞耻和害怕被评判而隐瞒了完整经过。周二,第四名指控者作证,称自己 2000 年代初在 Capital Radio 相关的 Choice FM 工作场所遭 Brand 抓胸并强吻,在场数人目睹却未阻止;她对陪审团说:「这是我不想身处的处境,我希望它消失。我说『Russell Brand 对我做了那种事』,我什么好处也得不到。」庭审还听取了第六名指控者关于 2009 年在 Channel 4 一个录制项目期间遭遇的陈述。
Brand 一方维持其一贯立场:所有性接触均为双方自愿,他从未从事非自愿性行为,并认为部分指控者是在多年后重新想象当年的事件。警方是在 2023 年媒体调查报道之后展开调查、多名指控者其后报案。本案庭审仍在继续,法庭尚未作出任何裁决。
Russell Brand Trial Enters Second Week in London as More Complainants Testify: Brand Has Pleaded Not Guilty and Denies All Charges
The trial of British comedian and former broadcaster Russell Brand on sexual offense charges entered its second week at Southwark Crown Court in London. Brand, 51, faces seven charges: three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault, involving six women and alleged incidents between 1999 and 2009. Brand has pleaded not guilty to all charges and denies ever engaging in non-consensual sexual activity.
Opening the prosecution case, Riel Karmy-Jones KC told jurors that Brand's alleged offending was as "wide and varied" as his career, describing him as "ruthless, calculated and manipulative" and a "sexual predator." In the first week, the first complainant testified about an alleged rape after the 1999 Labour Party conference, saying she "categorically" did not want sex with Brand. Mark Pinheiro, a former friend of Brand, told the court that on the morning after, Brand appeared flustered, insisted they leave immediately, and later told him the previous night "may have gone a bit too far."
On Monday, jurors heard a recorded police interview with a third complainant, who said that in 2004, while working for MTV, Brand grabbed her breasts at a Soho bar, dragged her into a toilet cubicle and forced oral sex on her, and that she "froze" during the encounter. Under cross-examination, defense lawyer Ian Winter KC argued that the alleged restroom incident was physically impossible and questioned why she had told friends and family she had escaped an attempted assault, reporting a rape only after media coverage in 2023. She replied that she had withheld the full details out of shame and fear of being judged. On Tuesday, a fourth complainant testified that Brand grabbed her breasts and forcibly kissed her at the Choice FM studios, linked to her work at Capital Radio in the mid-2000s, while others present did nothing; she told jurors: "This was a situation I did not want to be in. I wanted it to go away. I don't gain a single thing by saying 'Russell Brand did that to me.'" The court also heard from a sixth complainant about an alleged assault during a Channel 4 recording project in 2009.
Brand's position remains that every encounter was consensual, that he has never engaged in non-consensual activity, and that some accounts were re-imagined years later. Police opened their investigation after investigative media reporting in 2023, which several complainants said prompted them to come forward. The multi-week trial continues, and no verdict has been reached.
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图片来源:Russell Brand(右)2024 年在共和党全国代表大会期间采访联邦参议员 Ron Johnson。照片:Ron Johnson 参议员办公室发布,公共领域,经维基共享资源/Russell Brand (right) interviewing U.S. Senator Ron Johnson during the 2024 Republican National Convention. Photo: Office of Senator Ron Johnson, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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