May 30 (UPI) -- Comedian and actor Russell Brand Friday pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault charges.
Brand briefly appeared for a hearing at Southwark crown court London on two counts of sexual assault and one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape.
He is accused of assaulting four women in London and Bournemouth between 1999 and 2005.
Brand has 11.2 million X followers and was a BBC Radio 2 presenter between 2006 and 2008 in addition to a comedy and film acting career.
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