Jury Weighs Verdict in Russell Brand Sexual Assault Trial

WHO:

ABC News Entertainment - Russell Brand is on trial on charges of rape and sexual assault.

BBC - Brand denies the charges.

BBC - The complainants include a woman who says she was pinned against a wall and groped; a woman who claims Brand put his head into her lap after she had been forced to give him a massage; and a complainant who says he tried to drag her into a toilet.

WHAT:

Drudge Report - Reported that the jury began deliberations in Brand’s trial.

ABC News Entertainment - Jurors began deliberating in Brand’s trial on charges of rape and sexual assault.

Deadline - The jury began deliberating on whether to convict or acquit Brand of seven charges: three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault, and one count of attempted indecent assault.

BBC - The allegations include pinning a woman against a wall and groping her, putting his head into a woman’s lap after she was forced to give him a massage, and trying to drag a complainant into a toilet.

WHEN:

Deadline - The jury began considering its verdict after more than three weeks of evidence.

HOW:

Deadline - The jury will consider the evidence and decide whether to convict or acquit Brand on the seven charges.

(UPDATED November 3, 2026 17:04 UTC)

Jurors are deliberating in Russell Brand’s trial on seven rape and sexual assault charges. The decision follows more than three weeks of evidence about alleged attacks on women. Brand denies the charges; jurors will decide whether to convict or acquit him.