# Russell Brand trial True crime · Heat 1.2 / 10 · 2 shows · 1h 8m airtime Opening statements began on October 14, 2026 in Russell Brand's rape and sexual assault trial at Suffolk Crown Court in London, where he faces seven charges involving six women and has pleaded not guilty. A woman has testified that Brand raped her in a 1999 hotel room; the defense pressed her on consent and on why she did not flee or report, and the judge later stopped the cross-examination, saying a question misrepresented Complainant One's video interview. Brand denies the criminal charges and says he slept with a 16-year-old when he was 30. None of the six accusers appeared in the Channel 4 documentary, and the trial is expected to run several weeks. Page: https://boilpoints.com/point/russell_brand_trial_1428510100 ## Segments - [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-14, 8:16 to 10:52: **Opens the trial with the charges and plea**. Opens the Russell Brand trial with the seven charges, the six women, the not-guilty plea, and the judge's instructions to the jury, plus Brand's April denial on this show. New angle: Opening statements began in Brand's London trial, where he faces seven charges involving six women. - [Crime Stories with Nancy Grace](https://boilpoints.com/u/crimestorieswithnancygrace), 2026-10-14, 3:23 to 4:57: **Recaps the trial's opening day**. Recaps the opening of Brand's London trial: the CPS counts, the six women, the 2023 Sunday Times and Dispatches expose, and the jury being sworn in. It stays inside the day-one account, adding only the CPS prosecutor's fair-trial reminder and Brand's video statement. - [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-16, 2:56 to 6:26: **Relays the accuser's testimony and cross-examination**. Relays the accuser's testimony and the defense cross-examination from the London courtroom, plus the 2023 documentary backdrop and the shape of the seven charges. New angle: A woman testified Brand raped her in a 1999 hotel room; the defense pressed her on consent and why she did not flee or report. - [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-18, 1:22 to 4:38: **Replays the Brand interview as trial opens**. Opens a new Sunday series by replaying the April 2026 Russell Brand interview, framed around the UK rape trial that began this week. The introduction recaps his career, marriage and faith turn; the substance is the archived sit-down. New angle: Russell Brand's UK rape trial began this week and is expected to run several weeks. - [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-18, 7:30 to 15:20: **Adds Brand's concession on the 16-year-old**. Brand, in his own words, concedes he slept with a 16-year-old at 30, calls his past conduct selfish and exploitative, and denies criminality while citing UK contempt rules; Kelly says she initially believed the documentary and has since reconsidered. New angle: Brand says he slept with a 16-year-old when he was 30 and denies the criminal charges. - [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-18, 15:20 to 22:40: **Reports Brand's claim on the story's timing**. Brand's own answer to why the allegations surfaced when they did: he names Caroline Dinenage's call for his demonetization on the first day of publication and ties her husband, Mark Lancaster, to the 77th Brigade psyops unit. A first-person claim about the timing of the story, not a recap of the trial. New angle: Brand says Caroline Dinenage called for his demonetization on the first day the allegations were published. - [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-18, 43:02 to 51:59: **Pushes Brand on the accusers and trial date**. Pushes Brand on the 16-year-old and on Nadia, the woman in In Plain Sight who alleges rape. Brand denies coercion, says the documentary used actors, and says he cannot approach the women because of witness tampering rules; he also gives a trial date of October 7. New angle: Brand says his UK trial is set for October 7 and that he will sit in a glass box at pre-trial hearings. - [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-18, 2:13:56 to 2:21:16: **Asks Brand directly about prison**. Kelly asks Brand directly about prison and the trial, and he says a rape conviction would mean a very long sentence and that he would serve it if it were God's plan. The rest is reaction and comparison to the Carroll and Kavanaugh cases, staying inside the trial framing already on the record. - [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-23, 1:21 to 5:58: **Previews the charges and the timeline**. Opens the episode with a primer on Brand's trial: seven charges from six women, three of them rape counts, spanning 1999 to 2009. Notes none of the accusers appeared in the Channel 4 documentary and frames the difficulty of defending decades-old allegations. New angle: None of the six accusers in the trial appeared in the Channel 4 documentary. - [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-23, 7:10 to 13:40: **Explains UK court procedure as a Brand disadvantage**. Panel discussion of UK court procedure - lifetime anonymity for accusers, the dock, non-unanimous juries, adverse inference from silence - framed as disadvantages for Brand. Opinion and explanation of how the system works, with the charge count restated. - [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-23, 13:42 to 16:38: **Adds Brand's memoir line on rape and regret**. Lays out the defense's cross-examination themes - obsession, consensual encounters, and the claim that the women only alleged rape after the Channel 4 documentary - then turns to Brand's own book, where he wrote that the difference between rape and regret is perspective and memory. New angle: Brand wrote in his memoir that the difference between rape and regret is a question of perspective and memory. - [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-23, 16:38 to 23:06: **Adds the judge cutting off the defense attorney**. Walks through the three rape counts, singling out Complainant One's vaginal rape testimony as the hardest for Brand. Adds the courtroom exchange in which the judge cut off defense attorney Winter for misstating what the complainant said in her video interview. New angle: The judge stopped Winter's cross-examination, saying his question misrepresented Complainant One's video interview. - [The Megyn Kelly Show](https://boilpoints.com/u/themegynkellyshow), 2026-10-23, 23:10 to 28:06: **Argues the judge showed bias toward the complainant**. Reacts to the judge's interventions in the Brand trial, with Eiglarsh and Murphy arguing the judge showed bias toward the complainant and that a mistrial motion and recusal request would follow. Opinion and reaction built on the courtroom moments already on the record.