Actor Russell Brand has been granted conditional bail and released by a London judge after his first court appearing over th charges of rape and sexual assault.
The 49-year-old arrived at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday morning. Brand was asked to state his name and address, and to provide addresses for both his U.K. and United States residences, per Variety. He responded “yes” when asked if he understood the consequences of failing to appear before the court.
Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring scheduled his next court appearance for London’s Central Criminal Court on May 30.
The actor was initially charged with various crimes by London’s Metropolitan Police on April 4. Four women allege Brand sexually assaulted them between 1999 and 2005.
The accusations stem from four alleged incidents; one in 1999 in which a woman said she was raped in the Bournemouth area, one in…
