{"id":630397,"date":"2026-10-14T13:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630397\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T13:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T13:32:09","slug":"prosecution-labels-russell-brand-a-ruthless-sexual-predator-at-opening-of-his-sex-assault-trial-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/630397\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecution labels Russell Brand a ruthless sexual predator at opening of his sex assault trial &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxOR0ZwWUtRUFE5WnJVdWdZek5ZbWRObUhPcjIyMFU2MjRPZVpqOFdZQ2lJaTRwVEtLUVdSWXI3X21MVkxLNTNDNHBRR2phU1BpUm11ZnRrZkJaMDRraXRnbDJLS1lHazRpY1diT0hWcWMzNlBsZTJiRVpoVFJvbXZGd3NFZ2ZaLUVUQUdqWUNMcXJ5UHQySTlTM0lDMk5xdVU0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prosecution labels Russell Brand a ruthless sexual predator at opening of his sex assault trial<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiVkFVX3lxTFBadHFyb3ZOZWlZM2p5d2hEdWZ2UkFpeVVwRXVsMTFhQVNJc1JCME10VlZHNkhpR1ZJRUk3b3M1ZXZCWGRuaGloTllITmNzS1JaNEJsaGtR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Russell Brand: Prosecutors allege Brand was &#8216;ruthless&#8217; as rape trial begins &#8211; live updates<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxNTDN5LWo0YWRLNERsNGFnUG1lWG13QlJCYjdVLU9RbEJSVHZ0QjR1UkpIcmJXWG5OU0RON1lpLVBDcVN6UWpaZ004Ui1LenMyeWRWaFVMNE5mYVU1NWpHaUlqck9ZWXd3MUJqME81WllvWnVEV3dqc2o5YUltRThsNGgxQVNUeDlhMnhYNGtCbHNRc3hmZXJj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Russell Brand was \u2018ruthless and calculated\u2019, prosecutors tell jury as rape and sexual assault trial begins \u2013 live<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5AFBVV95cUxQOUtXRldGTkFuRFN6cjJYbmRLZFZ5YU5aZ1ItbUF2S3hJNlpMUmRpbHFweHZSN1RLc00yYmlMZ2RPMHJNRDdEX001NExrS203SENYUnBURV9Ub01vRUc2OE1rSDRnZkVUM0wySlhTaGdkWk90OXNxVGh4Z0VOMGdNdVNSX1NLdl9velEwbExTNm5obFYyLWVIZl9pMko1em1Qc0NSRnB6R0xGS1dwNE9hTGZDSXpMQTNNamtvOXdMN2JpRWNpY19sUkRoNWlQbldvNnNBaDF1ZEhrQ0tRUThuRlNSZHM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Russell Brand trial live: Comedian &#8216;pranced around room&#8217; before raping woman, court told<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Sky News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0AFBVV95cUxPSmFpam04Y3NheEpRdElfakpGQWNrR3MyTE43R0stUDVyTktmN0Fqd3pDNTBxT0hIMHRiVmJoSWM1emE0d0Nfc1Ftd2hIbzZ2ZFEwZk1jVHc3bHNIbFpTM2ZZSF9rTzNuUlpsUkFGMjFKbzdSRW9FeHEyMk9aeGtXN1Z6RlEzQWNPdVNBTXFGSW5KeGpIUDR5eFgtdUdtelVFcnYtWnRLZFVyR2IxYVFwb2doV1NBa1BCMmE2Sml6WFRDbmlhbC0yaWpSQWRHeVBP?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Comedian Russell Brand in UK court to face seven sex offence charges<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prosecution labels Russell Brand a ruthless sexual predator at opening of his sex assault trial&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffRussell Brand: Prosecutors allege&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-630397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}