# Russell Brand Trial: Judge Reduces One Charge to Attempted Indecent Assault as Star Says “I Led a Very Promiscuous Life”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/russell-brand-trial-judge-reduces-one-charge-to-attempted-indecent-assault-as-star-says-i-led-a-very-promiscuous-life/
- Published: 2026-10-27T15:50:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T05:38:16+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hollywood Reporter
- Original article: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/russell-brand-trial-indecent-assault-charge-reduced-rape-1236740777/
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Judge reduced one charge against Russell Brand.
- Brand denies the remaining allegations.
- He told police he had lived promiscuously but denied non-consensual sex.

## Summary

A judge at London’s Southwark Crown Court reduced one charge against Russell Brand from indecent assault to attempted indecent assault, ruling there was insufficient evidence for the original allegation. Brand denies all charges in a trial involving six women’s claims of rape and sexual assault between 1999 and 2009; the remaining allegations will be considered by the jury.

The reduced charge concerns a woman who said Brand grabbed her arm and tried to pull her into a toilet while they worked at MTV in 2001. The court also heard a recording of Brand’s 2023 police interview, in which he described his past as “very promiscuous” but denied any non-consensual sexual activity. He argued that consensual encounters had been wrongly reframed, while prosecutors have presented allegations relating to incidents in several locations.

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