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Woman told Russell Brand he treated her ‘like an animal’, court hears

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A woman said Russell Brand degraded her and treated her like “a piece of meat” when he raped her at his London townhouse, a court has heard.

She alleged she repeatedly begged the 51-year-old comedian to stop the assault which left her bleeding for days and in pain.

Months later she bumped into Brand who texted her saying: “You’re dirty and I wanna push you further.”

Brand, 51, faces three charges of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault against six women, in allegations spanning 10 years from 1999 to 2009. He denies all the charges and has pleaded not guilty.

The TV personality listened intently in the dock as the woman gave evidence from behind a screen at Southwark crown court on Wednesday.

Brand is accused of anally raping the woman at his three-storey Victorian townhouse after picking her out from a crowd at one of his stand-up performances at the Hammersmith Apollo in early 2009.

The woman told police she was a “massive fan” of Brand and had performed oral sex on him after the…

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