Russell Brand tells court he ‘misused’ fame for ‘reckless philandering’ – as it happened

Brand, 51, who has been charged with three counts of rape says he acted ‘consensually’ Content warning: this article contains references to allegations of sexual abuse which some readers might find distressing Winter moved on to count 5, in which a woman alleged Brand sexually assaulted her when she was in her 20s and working at a radio station in 2004 or 2005. Winter asked Brand whether he…