Russell Brand accuser said alleged rape 'really hurt', court hears
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The friend of a woman claiming to have been raped by Russell Brand told a jury the complainant had told her after the alleged attack that it had "really, really hurt".
The witness who spoke via video link at his trial said she had attended the Hammersmith Apollo theatre in London with the alleged victim in 2009, where they had been invited to the defendant's dressing room after his comedy show.
She said the woman had told her she had visited Brand's house in London soon after meeting at the theatre.
Brand, 51, has pleaded not guilty to all seven charges in the trial - three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one of indecent assault.
The allegations span a 10-year period from 1999 to 2009 and involve six female complainants.
The witness said Brand had sent a car to collect the woman, which took her to his place in Hampstead.
She said when they spoke about it "quite soon after", she said she "was just crying - really upset".
"He was quite aggressive," she said her friend had told her.
"He forcibly put it in my bum and "it really really hurt".
The witness says she remembers specifically asking the complainant if she had said no to Brand when the alleged attack started.
She said the woman replied "lots of times".
"She told me that she was in a lot of pain" and that "she couldn't sit down".
Another friend of the same complainant also gave evidence to the court.
From the witness box, she told the jury her friend had told her that she had told him to stop during the alleged rape.
She said her friend had said the worst moment had been after the act, and "she said that Brand told her she'd been dirty and had to clean up her mess".
"She said he was quite cold and keen to get her gone".
The witness said she had given her friend advice after she had confided in her.
"I told her that she should go and get checked out because she had anal tears and a lot of discomfort and to seek guidance from her parents and to go to the police.
"She just wasn't sure - it was all a bit chaotic in her head. She felt like it wasn't worth it."
