The Trial: Russell Brand

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S19 · E20
Tuesday · 48 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - The Rebrand
Is Russell Brand the ultimate chameleon with an ability to rebrand himself time and time again? From being a stand-up comic whose anti-establishment rhetoric meant he encouraged his fans not to bother voting, to getting close to Ed Milliband and supporting Jeremy Corbyn’s 2015 election campaign, writing for the Guardian and the New Statesman, and dabbling in Buddhism and veganism. Then his move to Florida in 2024 saw him pivot once again - this time to the right, to MAGA, to Christianity and to taste-testing beef jerky on his YouTube channel. In this episode Caroline and Liz chat to correspondent Eirian Prosser who has been chasing his trail in America. Plus we discuss the fallout from yesterday’s 10-and-a-half year prison sentence. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E19
Monday · 32 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - ‘An arrogant, contemptuous, disrespectful liar’
Russell Brand has been jailed for 10 and a half years. Mr Justice Joel Bennathan told him he had used his fame to exploit women and displayed a ’casual, arrogant disregard of their ’right to say, ‘’No.‘’ He said the former comedian’s entourage indulged his ‘dreadful’ behaviour and should have intervened to stop women being sexually assaulted. The judge also told Brand that he must serve at least seven years before he will be eligible for parole. Caroline and Liz have all the reaction from a dramatic sentencing hearing at Southwark Crown Court today. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Actor: Catherine Davies-Payne, Grace Haughton, Sarah Gee and Gina Whitaker A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E18
November 5 · 52 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - Behind Bars
Russell Brand is a rapist. A jury today decided that the comedian used his fame to rape and sexually assault four different women. In a dramatic afternoon at Southwark Crown Court, the eight men and four women, decided he anally raped a female fan he met after a gig at the Hammersmith Apollo in February 2009 and also sexually assaulted a woman he groped at Capital Radio; a woman who he demanded a massage from at Channel 4 and also an MTV worker whose breasts he groped at a bar in Soho. Caroline and Liz were there when the judge, Mr Justice Joel Bennathan, refused to grant him bail and remanded him into custody. He also warned Russell Brand he would be getting a ‘significant’ prison term when he is sentenced on Monday. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/trial-russell-brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Actor: Lucy Ryan A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E17
November 3 · 29 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - Jury out
At 2.47pm today Mr Justice Bennathan sent the eight men and four women of the jury out to begin their deliberations. He spent the morning summing up the evidence they have heard over the past 17 days and told them it was now up to them to decide whether Russell Brand is guilty of not guilty of the seven charges of rape, sexual assault and attempted indecent assault that he faces. They will have as long as it takes and Caroline and Liz will be back as soon as their verdicts are in. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Actor: Cameron Gordon A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E16
November 2 · 21 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - “Disgraceful, Distasteful and Immoral.”
Russell Brand respected a woman’s right to say “no” according to his barrister, Ian Winter, who addressed the jury today for over three hours. He said Russell Brand had been “staggeringly honest” when he gave evidence in court. He was open about what he remembered and what he didn’t and he had never hidden his promiscuity. Mr Winter said the jury may think Russell Brand was distasteful, immoral or disgusting - but that did not make what he did illegal. He said the Dispatches TV documentary aired in 2023 which made allegations about Russell Brand “poisoned the well of justice” and “invited” women who had not made complaints at the time, to reconsider. And he said the delay in reporting the allegations was a “corruptor of justice” which relied on who had the best recollection. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Actor: Alfie Mulcahy A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E15
October 30 · 33 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - A “Birthright to an Orgasm”
Today the jury have been told by the prosecution that this case focuses on two very different stories. The story of six women, who came forward to report what Russell Brand did to them many years ago. Women whose allegations were consistent and who had nothing to gain from making up their accounts or misremembering what happened to them. And the story of Russell Brand, a man who treated women with disdain, who felt he had a “birthright to an orgasm”, a man who viewed consent as an “obstacle to overcome or ignore.” Those words came from prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones KC in her closing speech to the jury. The closing speech from Ian Winter, on behalf of Russell Brand, will start on Monday. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Actor: Lucy Ryan A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E14
October 29 · 19 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - The Wife
Russell Brand's wife, Laura Gallacher, today took the stand to give evidence in his defence. She said she first struck up a relationship with the comedian after meeting him at one of his gigs when she was 19 in 2006. But she said their relationship didn't last more than a few months because he was promiscuous and cheated on her. Eight years later they rekindled their affair and got married. She said he was an 'amazing attentive husband' and 'wonderful' father to their three young children, and she loved him very much. Two other ex-girlfriends also gave statements to the court, telling the jury that Russell Brand was charismatic, gentle and charming when they dated in the 1990s but that they too ended their affairs because of his unfaithfulness and dependence on them for money. Sign up to The Crime Desk newsletter: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/newsletters/crime-desk/index.html?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic_editorial&utm_campaign=conversion_newsletter&utm_term=crime_newsletter_ytd&utm_budgetpot=organic Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Actor: Harriet Muckle A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E13
October 28 · 52 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - The Reckless Philanderer
Russell Brand has taken the stand and spent five hours in the witness box denying that he raped, sexually assaulted and attempted to indecently assault six women over a decade. He admitted he used his fame to beg, flirt and seduce countless women and said he'd dedicated much of his life to 'reckless philandering and idiocy.' But he insisted he only had sexual encounters with women who wanted IT and claimed consent was more important than the sex itself because he wanted to feel 'loved and adored.' Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Actor: Harry Sanders, Alfie Mulcahy and Lucy Ryan A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E12
October 27 · 20 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - They’ve 'Invented' the Allegations
The jury today heard the words of Russell Brand for the first time. They were told that he was interviewed by police four times over two years and each time insisted he’d never had non-consensual sex with anyone. He admitted he’d led a promiscuous life and had sex with countless women in a variety of locations, including toilet cubicles. But he insisted the women had ‘invented and reimagined’ their consensual encounters after watching a ‘defamatory and fictitious’ documentary or reading ‘false’ allegations in a national newspaper. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Actor: Harry Sanders A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E11
October 26 · 15 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - The "Peacock"
The woman who was Russell Brand's PA at the height of his fame has said his sexual appetite was "insane." Helen Berger was giving evidence at his trial for several counts of sex offences. She said she often encountered Russell Brand having sex with different women - in his dressing room, in the bedroom of his flat in Camden, in the shower and in public toilets. She said even when he was working on a deadline he would ask for a break to "go and have sex." She said his behaviour was normalised by those around him and she quit after eight months. She said she never witnessed anything illegal but he treated women poorly. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E10
October 23 · 11 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - ‘It really f***ing hurt.’
Day 10: The prosecution case is now nearing the end and several friends and relatives of the woman who alleges Russell Brand anally raped her are being called to give evidence or their statements read to the jury. One said she was crying, looked grey and ashen as she recounted what had happened at the comedian’s home. The friend said: ‘She looked ill, she said it really f***ing hurt.’ A nurse who later examined her also said she remembered the alleged victim saying she did not consent, while her father told her that she had been raped. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Actor: Harriet Muckle A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E9
October 22 · 41 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - The Words of the Women
Day 9: We've now heard from all six of the women in the case. Today Caroline and Liz have the words of the final three of them. One alleges Russell Brand attacked her in a frenzy, kissing and groping her without warning in front of several members of his entourage, before laughing when she told him to 'f*** off.' Another claims he 'hurt and harmed her' during an alleged rape after she met him backstage at a stand-up gig. She says he refused to stop when she cried out in pain. The final woman also alleges sexual assault. She complained to her bosses at Channel 4 when he demanded a massage during a Christmas project they were working on. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Actor: Gina Whitaker, Grace Haughton, Lucy Ryan, Alfie Mulcahy, Catherine Davies-Payne and Harry Sanders A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E8
October 21 · 15 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - ‘I felt like a piece of meat’
Day 8: The final alleged victim of Russell Brand said she felt degraded “like a piece of meat” after he anally raped her. She said for years she blamed herself for willingly going to his house for sex. But she did not consent to what he did. She became an alcoholic and struggled to live with the guilt and shame. But she said part of her recovery was accepting what happened was not her fault. Russell Brand denies the charges. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Actor: Grace Haughton A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E7
October 20 · 36 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - “I was Mauled”
It’s Day 7 of The Trial: Russell Brand and we’ve now heard from four of the six women at the case. They all accuse Russell Brand of some kind of sexual offences. Today we’ve got the words of a woman who says she was leapt on by Russell Brand when she was working for a radio station in the early 2000s when he was staring in the Big Brother spin off show. She said he leapt on her in a tiny room, kissed her and groped her, pinning her against a wall - and she said his entourage of three men and a woman did nothing to stop him. Another woman said Russell Brand orally raped her after dragging her into a toilet in a bar and another said Russell Brand put his head into groin during a filming project. Caroline and Liz have their words today. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Actors: Gina Whitaker, Lucy Ryan, Alfie Mulcahy, Beth Hale and Charlotte Gill A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E6
October 19 · 13 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - The "Attacks" in the Toilets
It's Day 6 of Russell Brand's trial and we've now heard from three alleged victims. One of the women told the jury today that within 30 seconds of meeting him in a bar in 2004, Russell Brand grabbed her breasts, and then dragged her into the toilet where he orally raped her. The woman said she was in shock and in a daze after the alleged attack but afterwards Russell Brand simply suggested they swap numbers. We've also now heard from another woman who said that in 2001 Russell Brand also tried to drag her into the toilets after they met at MTV where she was working. She said he was forceful and he had a "wild look in his eye." She said he was trying to assault her but she managed to get away. Subscribe now. Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Executive Producer: Jamie East The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E5
October 16 · 29 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - A "monster"
What really happened at the Labour Party Conference in 1999? A woman who says she was the victim of a sex attack there, claims he went from being charming and chatty to monstrous in a matter of hours. "He wanted sex" she said "and I was there." She told her story to the jury sitting on his trial, and when she was challenged by Russell Brand's barrister that she had consented to sex, but regretted her decision later, she said: "I did not consent to rape." Caroline and Liz have her words, plus the evidence of Russell Brand's friend who said he used to line his fans up against a wall - choose one and take her for sex in a toilet. Ten minutes later he'd come back, choose another one and "repeat." Subscribe via plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini Executive Producer: Jamie East The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E4
October 15 · 13 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - "He raped me."
One of the women who claims she was raped by Russell Brand in 1999 today spoke about what she says happened to her. She said he attacked her in a hotel room after she met him at the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth. She told the jury at Southwark Crown Court that he pulled her onto a bed, pressed himself on top of her, ripped her clothes down and raped her. She said she felt dirty, shocked and stupid, and for over 20 years she blocked it from her mind until she came forward to report it to the police in 2023. Caroline and Liz were in court as the evidence unfolded. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E3
October 14 · 34 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - "Ruthless Sexual Predator"
"Ruthless, calculating, manipulative, a sexual predator." Those are the words used today to describe Russell Brand. As the prosecution opened their case in London, Russell Brand was accused of not caring what state he left his victims in, in his quest to satify his "insatiable desire" to get what he wanted. He's accused of raping and sexually assaulting women over a decade. It's alleged none of them consented to his attacks and some of them begged him to stop. Caroline and Liz were in court as details of the allegations started to emerge. Some of the content today may be upsetting. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com/brand?sc_promo=BRAND Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E2
October 13 · 13 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - The Twelve
It's Day 2 of Russell Brand's trial and the 12 people who will decide his fate have been selected. Russell Brand looked on from the dock as the jury of 8 men and 4 women all swore to try his case according to the evidence. They were told by the judge not to disucss the case outside of the jury, to carry out their own research, or to be swayed by the views of others. And they were warned to ignore media coverage of the case. Caroline and Liz were there to see it unfold. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
S19 · E1
October 12 · 11 min
The Trial: Russell Brand - The Trial Begins
It’s Day 1. The start of Russell Brand’s trial in London. He’s accused of several counts of rape and sexual assault - which he denies. As things got underway, Russell Brand, wearing a blue suit, an open neck shirt and a cravat, stood in the dock. The first order of business was to select the jury and Caroline and Liz were there. Subscribe via https://plus.thecrimedesk.com Follow us on TikTok @TheCrimeDesk or on Instagram @TheTrialPod Email us thetrial@dailymail.com WhatsApp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’) Presenters: Caroline Cheetham and Liz Hull Editor: Tom James and Chelsey Ranore Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Producer: Chelsey Ranore Assistant Producer: Harriet Muckle Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript. Click here to sign up to The Crime Desk's weekly newsletter. It's free and packed with exclusive interviews, expert insight, and gripping deep dive investigations from across the world. A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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