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The Trial: Russell Brand

The Trial: Russell Brand

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The Trial goes behind the headlines of some of the biggest trials in the world. We take you into the courtroom, bringing you the detail as the evidence unfolds, examining key moments and carrying out exclusive interviews with detectives, victims, and experts.


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  • The Trial: Russell Brand - ‘I felt like a piece of meat’
    Oct 21 2026

    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.


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    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


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    The Trial series uses actors and some voices generated by AI. Their words are taken as verbatim from the official court transcript.


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    16 mins
  • The Trial: Russel Brand - “I was Mauled”
    Oct 20 2026

    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.


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    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.


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    36 mins
  • The Trial: Russell Brand - The "Attacks" in the Toilets
    Oct 19 2026

    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.


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    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.

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    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    13 mins
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Highly recommend. The podcast shares lots of detail in an unbiased and sensitive way.

Gripping and professionally produced

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Great pod cast, very well executed, informative, real truthful points made and produced well. But.....the two hosts are always interrupting guests, and each other. Let the guest speak and finish their sentace, rather than talking over them with another question while they are still explaining the current question. You both talk over each other also, and it's slightly annoying. wait, take a breath, let the other perolson finish, then ask another question. It's not difficult.

interruptions

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Some of the voice actors are quite corny and very amateur, but the overall presentation is good. The trial proceedings are explained clearly and respectfully. I wish they would explore the psychology behind Letby more, but maybe that is for a future episode.

Interesting listen

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Amazing content. Extremely well presented. Really enjoy your podcast each podcast is detailed and covers factual information .

Attention to Detail

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A gripping listen and very well put together. However, presenters and actors (all apart from guest speakers) are monotone / flat and a little painful to listen to.
But totally appreciate this is not a performance but delivery of a sensitive topic and cannot be sensationalised.

Excellent podcast.

Well Presented.

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