Russell Brand’s Rape Trial Delayed to October

Russell Brand‘s trial on rape and sexual assault charges has been delayed until October. The comedian and actor was originally set to stand trial at London’s Southwark Crown Court starting June 16.

According to Sky News, the trial — which will combine all seven charges that have been brought against Brand in the last year — will now begin on Oct. 12. It is expected to last up to two months.

In April 2025, Brand was charged with rape, indecent assault and sexual assault relating to four separate women in alleged incidents that took place between 1999 and 2005. In December 2025, two more charges — one for rape and one for sexual assault — were brought against him relating to two further women in incidents that allegedly took place in 2009.

Brand has pleaded not guilty to all charges and denies any wrongdoing. He has been granted bail during the criminal proceedings. In a social media post after the first charges were brought in April 2025, Brand said: “When I was young and single, before I had my wife and family, I was a fool, was a fool before I lived in the light of the lord, I was a drug addict, sex addict and an imbecile. But what I never was a rapist. I’ve never engaged in non-consensual activity. I pray that you can see that by looking in my eyes.”

The charges followed an investigation by The Sunday Times and Channel 4 in 2023 that saw five women come forward to accuse Brand of “rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse” in the early 2010s.