Russell Brand arrives for the second day of his rape and sex assault trial

Russell Brand arrives for the second day of his rape and sex assault trial Russell Brand denies three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one allegation of indecent assault between, said to have between 1999 and 2009 Russell Brand has arrived at court for the second day of his rape and sex assault trial. The star, 51, walked into Southwark crown court on Tuesday morning. Asked by a reporter how he was feeling this morning, Brand replied: "Most blessed, thank you very much." Brand is on trial accused of attacking six different women between 1999 and 2009. The allegations include three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault. He denies all of the charges. The jury in the case are today expected to hear testimony from the first alleged victim, who claims Brand raped her in a hotel room after they met at a fringe event during the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth in 1999. The other complainants in the case include an MTV employee who alleges Brand tried to drag her into a toilet in the company’s Oxford Street office and a woman who claims he raped her in a toilet at a bar in Soho, Central London, a woman who says he attacked her in a radio studio in London, a woman he met after inviting her to his dressing room after a gig and a Channel 4 worker who was helping him work on a TV project. Prosecutors say the six complainants’ paths all crossed the defendant’s either through their employment, social events or through attending his gigs, but none of them know each other. Opening the case against Brand yesterday, Ms Karmy-Jones told the court: “He was ruthless, he was calculating, he was manipulative… and the prosecution say he was a sexual predator. “His MO, his tactic, of how to make these advances was varied. Sometimes he might tell women what they wanted to hear, sometimes he might have appeared interested in a cause, sometimes he might even have made sexual advances within minutes of meeting them, identify someone young and impressionable at a gig where he was performing. “But every time he had identified his target, he was intent on trying to fulfil his sexual desire.” She added: “After the event, he would appear indifferent, normal and untroubled by what had occurred, sometimes leaving promptly after it, sometimes making an excuse to get away, or simply continuing to act as though nothing wrong had happened. “He cared not who the woman was, what state she was left in or how he had left her feeling. Uppermost in his mind was his insatiable desire to get what he wanted with whomever he wanted it from. To him, women were simply a means to an end.” The prosecutor said: “Some of the women involved protested and said no, others had no opportunity to protest and no opportunity to react to his advances, but they didn’t matter to the defendant.“ Regardless of who they were and what they said or did, the defendant was not deterred. His strong desire for some form of sexual contact was indiscriminate and voracious. "He would be nice when he wanted to be, funny, undoubtedly charming, likeable even, when he wanted something in return. But then demanding, entitled, a flirt with a huge sexual appetite, childlike in his expectation that his every desire should be met.” Ms Karmy-Jones said all of the women came forward after watching a Channel 4 TV show in which anonymous allegations about the defendant were made. She added that none of the complainants in the trial appeared in the programme and that Brand has denied any wrongdoing in response to the programme’s allegations. Giving evidence in court yesterday, Mark Pinheiro, a former friend of the star who appeared alongside him in the cabaret at Labour conferennce, claimed Brand returned home to their lodgings shortly before midday and seemed in a rush to return to London, claiming he needed to get back for an audition. Mr Pinheiro told the jury: “He was clearly ruffled, discombobulated, his manner was all over the place, really flustered. He made it clear we needed to leave immediately. He began grabbing our coats on the coat rack, throwing each of our coats to us.” Mr Pinheiro claimed that during the car journey back to London, Brand was “incredibly anxious”. He alleged: “Whenever a police siren would pass the car, Russell would cower down in the window.” Mr Pinheiro claimed Brand made an admission weeks later after being subjected to “constant inquisition”. He said: “He said he met a girl and they did get together. They got intimate and had sex. He said things got a little bit heated and a little bit out of hand and he thinks that maybe he did go a little bit too far. Those were his words: ‘I think I may have gone a bit too far’.” During cross-examination, Brand’s lawyer challenged Mr Pinheiro’s account, alleging no such conversation ever took place. Referring to his statements since coming forward, Ian Winter KC told him: “It changes every single time you’re asked about it, doesn’t it?” Mr Pinheiro, who works in film as an effects supervisor, replied: “I have a fantastic memory of those events, I’m not sure why you think I haven’t.” The trial continues.