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  "id": 16225639,
  "title": "Brand trial ranges from backstage sex to alleged rape in his 'Gothic' home",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/brand-trial-ranges-from-backstage-sex-to-alleged-rape-in-his-gothic",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T20:45:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-24/russell-brand-trial-week-two-evidence/107299066"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 2009 performance by the comedian at London's Hammersmith Apollo theatre, and what allegedly happened in the days that followed, has been the subject of much evidence at his rape trial this week.",
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  "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."
}