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Russell Brand told police he led a ‘very promiscuous’ life, trial hears
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Comedian accused of sexual offences against six women said consensual encounters were ‘unfavourably reframed decades later’ Russell Brand told police he had led a “very promiscuous” life and consensual sexual encounters had been “unfavourably reframed decades later”, his trial ha
Comedian accused of sexual offences against six women said consensual encounters were ‘unfavourably reframed decades later’ Russell Brand told police he had led a “very promiscuous” life and consensual sexual encounters had been “unfavourably reframed decades later”, his trial has heard. The 51-year-old comedian blamed the allegations on “defamatory and fictitious” media reports. He said in a statement that he had had sexual encounters in countless locations and scenarios and kissed hundreds of people in public while trying to be “friendly, consensual and warm”.
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