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Tristan Kirk

Russell Brand accuser ‘being silenced and couldn’t fight back’

A woman accusing Russell Brand of raping her in a hotel room broke down in tears in court as she insisted “I couldn’t fight back”.

Brand, now 51, is accused of forcing himself on the woman after meeting her at a cabaret show at the 1999 Labour Party conference.

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