Woman tells Brand trial he raped her after consensual sex

A woman testifying in Russell Brand’s trial told Southwark Crown Court that he anally raped her at his Hampstead home in 2009 after consensual sex, despite her requests to stop. Brand denies the charges, and the allegation has not been determined by the court. The woman said she went to Brand’s home expecting consensual vaginal sex. In testimony and a recorded police interview played to jurors, she said he removed a condom and began anal sex without her consent. She described being in pain and initially unable to speak or breathe, then asking him repeatedly to stop. Afterward, she said, Brand told her to clean up the mess. She recalled using wipes and black toilet roll from his bathroom and said she was left bleeding. She also testified that she was in so much pain she sat on an ice cube tray. The court was shown photographs of Brand’s home, including areas she described in her account. The woman said she feared she had contracted HIV and underwent testing, which she said came back negative. She told the court that she had initially struggled with guilt because she had gone to the house willingly and consented to sex. She maintained that agreeing to go there and have vaginal...