Invented, reimagined | The Trial of Russell Brand Ep. 12

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On the twelfth day of the trial of Russell Brand, the jury were directed to find the defendant not guilty on one count of indecent assault. The judge, Justice Bennathan, told the jury there was insufficient evidence for count 2. This is where Brand was alleged to have grabbed the arm of a woman in the offices of MTV and attempted to drag her into a toilet. However, a new count of “attempted indecent assault” was introduced in relation to the same incident. The court also heard the prosecution…