Former radio station worker tells Russell Brand jury he groped her as his entourage looked on

Another accuser testified on Tuesday in Russell Brand's rape trial. She told the court the comedian came at her without warning at a London radio station where she worked in the mid-2000s.

She said he suddenly took hold of her and started kissing her. She called the encounter "frenzied" and "violent."

What she told jurors

The woman said Brand groped her chest and backside before shoving her up against a wall. Four people traveling with him stood there during the whole thing, she said. By her account that group was three men plus one woman.

She testified that she finally pushed Brand off and swore at him. According to her he then stepped back and laughed.

She said she did not find it funny at all. She described stepping outside for a cigarette afterward while feeling dirty and shaken.

Why she waited

The woman did not contact police back then. She reported what happened in 2023.

Pressed on whether she could be wrong about who it was, she said she could never forget that it was Brand.

She also explained why she never told her employer, Capital Radio. She said the workplace felt misogynistic and she expected coworkers to tell her she was "lucky." She added that she was afraid of losing her job at a time when she had a mortgage to cover.

Other accusers

Earlier witnesses have given their own accounts. One woman says Brand raped her in a hotel room. Another says he tried to drag her into a bathroom while she worked for MTV.

The charges

Brand faces seven counts: three of rape plus three of sexual assault along with one of indecent assault. He has denied every allegation and insists he has never had sex with anyone without consent. None of the charges has been proven in court.