Russell Brand Arrives At Court Before Rape Trial — SkimNews
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- Russell Brand arrived at Southwark Crown Court in London approximately one hour early for a pre-trial hearing earlier this morning
- The pre-trial hearing is the immediate procedural step before Brand's main trial, which is scheduled to begin Monday in October
- The case is characterized in the source as one of the nation's most high-profile celebrity trials
- Brand was photographed outside the court ahead of the hearing
Why it matters: With the main rape trial set to begin Monday, this pre-trial hearing is among the final court appearances before evidence and testimony are formally presented in one of the UK's most closely watched celebrity criminal cases. Any procedural groundwork laid today will shape how the trial unfolds once it opens next week.
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