{
  "id": 16889372,
  "title": "Russell Brand Takes the Stand in Rape Trial and Reveals No One Agreed to Testify on His Behalf: ‘My Entire Life Has Been Consumed by These Allegations’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/russell-brand-takes-the-stand-in-rape-trial-and-reveals-no-one-agreed",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-28T10:38:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/global/russell-brand-takes-stand-rape-trial-no-one-else-testifying-1236933186/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russell Brand took the stand in his criminal trial in London on Wednesday, denying all accusations against him and revealing that he was not able to convince anyone to testify on his behalf. He was called by his lawyer, Ian Winter KC, as the first witness as his defense began to lay out its case, […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NYT Arts",
        "title": "Russell Brand Testifies in Rape Trial for First Time",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/russell-brand-testifies-in-rape-trial-for-first-time",
        "published": "2026-10-28T10:16:59.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "Russell Brand Takes Stand In Rape Trial — Says People Have Abandoned Him",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/russell-brand-takes-stand-in-rape-trial-says-people-have-abandoned-him",
        "published": "2026-10-28T14:58:41.000Z"
      }
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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."
}