# Russell Brand’s sickening one-letter ‘secret code’ nickname for victim

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/russell-brands-sickening-one-letter-secret-code-nickname-for-victim/
- Published: 2026-11-06T07:57:19+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T08:03:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Express (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2263751/russell-brand-rapist-chilling-one-letter-secret-code
- Topics: World

## Key points

- A coded contact entry featured prominently in Brand’s rape trial.
- Brand said the entry referred to a consensual encounter.
- He was convicted of rape and three sexual assaults.

## Summary

New details from Russell Brand’s trial show he saved a woman’s number in his phone as “T”, which he said meant “tart”, alongside “AP” and two asterisks. The entry, found on an iPhone during a forensic examination, was questioned by prosecutors and became a significant part of his evidence in the rape case.

Brand said “AP” referred to anal play during a consensual encounter backstage at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2009, and that the asterisks reminded him not to forget it. The woman, then 21, said Brand raped her at his home after she repeatedly told him to stop; he denied the allegation, but the jury convicted him of rape. He was also found guilty of three sexual assaults involving other women, cleared of two other rape charges and attempted indecent assault, and is due to be sentenced on 9 November.

## Coverage

- [Daily Express: Russell Brand’s sickening one-letter ‘secret code’ nickname for victim](https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2263751/russell-brand-rapist-chilling-one-letter-secret-code)
- [Daily Mail: T for Tart: What Russell Brand called victim in his phone contacts](https://www.dailymail.com/crime-desk/article-16270135/T-Tart-Russell-Brand-called-victim-phone-contacts.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)

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