# Brand tells court of 'very promiscuous' past

> Comedian Russell Brand told police his consensual encounters were later reframed as assault in allegations he denies.
- Title: Brand tells court of 'very promiscuous' past · the Guardian
- Summary: Comedian Russell Brand told police his consensual encounters were later reframed as assault in allegations he denies. Russell Brand told police he led a…
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- Source: the Guardian — https://theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/27/russell-brand-told-police-he-led-very-promiscuous-life
- Published: 2026-10-27T18:32:46+00:00
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## Brand in dock at Southwark
Russell Brand, fifty-one, sat in the dock on Tuesday wearing a grey suit and pale blue shirt as his police statements were read to Southwark crown court in London.
## Seven charges against Brand
Brand is accused of seven offences against six women in allegations spanning ten years from nineteen ninety-nine. He denies all the charges.
## Brand's 'very promiscuous' life
In his first police statement on sixteen November twenty twenty-three, Brand said he led a very promiscuous life in the past which he had spent years openly denouncing.

> I led a very promiscuous life in the past, which I have spent years openly denouncing.
## Blaming media and police
Brand blamed allegations on defamatory and fictitious media reports from September sixteen twenty twenty-three and said police publicly invited additional allegations, resulting in encounters being invented or reimagined.
## Consensual encounters reframed
Brand said he had sexual encounters in countless locations with people he had just met, and consensual encounters had been unfavourably reframed decades later by recent media attacks.

> consensual encounters to be unfavourably reframed decades later.
## Public physical contact
Brand described his celebrity lifestyle as friendly, consensual and warm, saying he shared kisses with hundreds of members of the public during press events and photos are available online.

> My engagement with interested members of the public was friendly, consensual and warm.
## Trial continues after charge change
Brand is accused of three counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault. On Tuesday an allegation of indecent assault was changed to a charge of attempted indecent assault. The trial continues.
## Key takeaway

Russell Brand told police he led a promiscuous life and consensual encounters were unfavourably reframed decades later, denying all seven charges of sexual offences against six women.