Russell Brand told rape victim ‘I want to push you further,’ court hears

Russell Brand denies the seven charges he is facing (Picture: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Shutterstock)

Russell Brand treated a woman ‘like a piece of meat’ as he raped her, later telling her, ‘I want to push you further,’ his rape trial has heard.

The 51-year-old denies seven charges he is facing, including rapes and sexual assault against six different women from 1999 to 2009.

He is accused of raping the woman at his London townhouse in 2009, after meeting her at one of his stand-up comedy performances at the Hammersmith Apollo.

She told the Metropolitan Police she was a fan of the comedian and claims he picked her out in the foyer to join him backstage afterwards. There, she consensually had a threesome ...