Overview
- Brand appeared via video link from Florida at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Jan. 20, confirmed his identity, and was granted bail.
- He is due at Southwark Crown Court on Feb. 17 for a plea hearing on two new counts of rape and sexual assault.
- Prosecutors authorized the additional charges last month involving two women and alleged conduct in London in 2009.
- These counts are separate from earlier charges filed in April 2025 to which he has pleaded not guilty, with a Crown Court trial scheduled for summer 2026.
- The Metropolitan Police say the investigation remains open and urge anyone with information to come forward, as Brand publicly denies wrongdoing and called a court artist’s sketch an “injustice.”