{"id":67107,"date":"2026-02-24T18:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T18:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T18:27:13","slug":"russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Brand, bible in hand, pleads not guilty to new rape and sexual assault charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n  <!-- lil observer --><br \/>\n      <span class=\"content__observer-marker content__observer-marker--fixed lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p><em>London &#8211;<\/em> British media personality and former comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/russell-brand\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Russell Brand<\/a> pleaded not guilty to two new charges of rape and sexual assault at a London court on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Brand, once a left-leaning political campaigner who has rebranded himself as a conservative guru to millions of social media followers, arrived at Southwark crown court carrying a copy of the Bible, with several pages bookmarked.<\/p>\n<p>He wore a fedora, a leopard-print shirt revealing much of his chest and a dark coat.<\/p>\n<p>Brand denied charges of sexually assaulting a woman in London in 2009, and raping another women in the same year, also in the British capital.<\/p>\n<p>His bail was renewed at the end of a brief hearing and he is due to face trial in June.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/620x414\/61052dc21d39559e4d8e5fd978dada3f\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg#\" alt=\"Russell Brand Appears At Court Hearing Following Rape Charges \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/620x414\/61052dc21d39559e4d8e5fd978dada3f\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/23a30ca3128de2ae0fba71c0eabf7cd2\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Russell Brand appears for a hearing regarding the two latest charges against him for rape and sexual assault at Southwark Crown Court on February 24, 2026 in London, England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Jack Taylor \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 50-year-old is facing sexual offense charges involving a total of six women, according to U.K. police.<\/p>\n<p>Brand pleaded <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-charges-not-guilty-plea\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">not guilty in May<\/a><\/span> to five other charges relating to four women \u2013 one count of rape, one of oral rape, two of sexual assault and one of indecent assault between 1999 and 2005.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These new charges are in relation to two further women and are in addition to the charges issued to Brand in April 2025 which involved four women,&#8221; London&#8217;s Metropolitan Police said in a statement in December.<\/p>\n<p>British law protects the identities of people alleging sexual violence.<\/p>\n<p>Born in 1975 to working-class parents in Essex, east of London, Brand began his stand-up career as a teenager, going on to work as an MTV presenter and host of a reality TV series, and later starring in Hollywood films.<\/p>\n<p>He presented a show on the BBC&#8217;s Radio 2 station between 2006 and 2008, but quit after an on-air prank when he left a sexually explicit voicemail for &#8220;Fawlty Towers&#8221; actor Andrew Sachs about his granddaughter.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russell-brand-pleads-not-guilty-new-rape-sexual-assault-charges\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London &#8211; British media personality and former comedian Russell Brand pleaded not guilty to two new charges of rape and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5454],"class_list":["post-67107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-russell-brand"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russell Brand, bible in hand, pleads not guilty to new rape and sexual assault charges - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Once a left-leaning political campaigner, Brand has rebranded himself as a conservative guru to millions of social media followers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russell Brand, bible in hand, pleads not guilty to new rape and sexual assault charges - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Once a left-leaning political campaigner, Brand has rebranded himself as a conservative guru to millions of social media followers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T18:27:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"Russell Brand, bible in hand, pleads not guilty to new rape and sexual assault charges\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-24T18:27:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T18:27:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/\"},\"wordCount\":352,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Russell Brand\"],\"articleSection\":[\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/\",\"name\":\"Russell Brand, bible in hand, pleads not guilty to new rape and sexual assault charges - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-24T18:27:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T18:27:13+00:00\",\"description\":\"Once a left-leaning political campaigner, Brand has rebranded himself as a conservative guru to millions of social media followers\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Russell Brand, bible in hand, pleads not guilty to new rape and sexual assault charges\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Russell Brand, bible in hand, pleads not guilty to new rape and sexual assault charges - World News","description":"Once a left-leaning political campaigner, Brand has rebranded himself as a conservative guru to millions of social media followers","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Russell Brand, bible in hand, pleads not guilty to new rape and sexual assault charges - World News","og_description":"Once a left-leaning political campaigner, Brand has rebranded himself as a conservative guru to millions of social media followers","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2026-02-24T18:27:13+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg","width":1920,"height":998,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"Russell Brand, bible in hand, pleads not guilty to new rape and sexual assault charges","datePublished":"2026-02-24T18:27:13+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T18:27:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/"},"wordCount":352,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","keywords":["Russell Brand"],"articleSection":["World"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/","name":"Russell Brand, bible in hand, pleads not guilty to new rape and sexual assault charges - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","datePublished":"2026-02-24T18:27:13+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-24T18:27:13+00:00","description":"Once a left-leaning political campaigner, Brand has rebranded himself as a conservative guru to millions of social media followers","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/russell-brand-bible-in-hand-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-rape-and-sexual-assault-charges\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Russell Brand, bible in hand, pleads not guilty to new rape and sexual assault charges"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"London &#8211; British media personality and former comedian Russell Brand pleaded not guilty to two new charges of rape and","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["World"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":10,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1",1200,630,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/24\/e6ce68cb-0be2-4585-a6fb-55161d4f9375\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/5c99719b1d3cbc739656285864911f46\/gettyimages-2263260485.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-35\">World<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}