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Brand: Day 6 - “My innocence had been taken”
“I felt like my innocence had been taken.”
A warning this podcast contains graphic descriptions of alleged rape and sexual assault.
Complainant three tells the jury Russell Brand sexually assaulted and raped her at a party in the early 2000s. She describes why she kept the full extent of the alleged attack secret from friends and family for years, and why she eventually reported it to police.
During cross-examination, the defence challenges her memory, questions alleged inconsistencies in her accounts and suggests the sexual encounter was consensual. She rejects that suggestion.
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