# Russell Brand Indecent Assault Charge Reduced By Judge: Trial Continues

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/russell-brand-indecent-assault-charge-reduced-by-judge-trial-continues/
- Published: 2026-10-27T15:49:58+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T05:38:29+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/10/russell-brand-indecent-assault-charge-reduced-trial-continues-1237206104/
- Topics: Film

## Key points

- Judge reduces one charge against Russell Brand.
- Six other charges remain in the trial.
- Brand denies all charges; his defence is due to begin Wednesday.

## Summary

A judge has reduced one indecent assault charge against Russell Brand to attempted indecent assault, ruling there was insufficient evidence for the original charge. The jury formally found him not guilty of that charge, while six other charges remain and the trial continues at Southwark Crown Court.

The reduced charge concerned a woman who said Brand tried to pull her into a bathroom while she was showing him where the toilets were at an MTV workplace in London. Brand faces three rape charges, three sexual assault charges and one attempted indecent assault charge, relating to allegations by six women; he denies all charges. His defence is due to begin on Wednesday, and the trial is expected to last another two to three weeks.

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