Russell Brand’s trial revealed his defense that consensual encounters were unfairly reinterpreted as crimes, highlighting the legal and reputational stakes of his sexual offense accusations.
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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 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”. Continue reading...
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