{
  "id": 16041924,
  "title": "Russell Brand Trial: Witnesses Say Their Friend Was “Extremely Distressed” After Alleged Anal Rape",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/russell-brand-trial-witnesses-say-their-friend-was-extremely",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-22T12:12:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/russell-brand-trial-witness-distressed-after-alleged-rape-1237170497/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Editor’s note: This story contains details of alleged sexual offenses that some readers may find distressing. Multiple witnesses in the Russell Brand trial have claimed that their friend was in physical pain and “extremely distressed” after she was allegedly anally raped by the Despicable Me star in 2009. On the ninth day of Brand’s trial […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}