吉尔·劳勒斯报道——检察官周三表示，拉塞尔·布兰德在十年期间对六名女性实施性侵犯时，表现出“冷酷无情”的性掠夺者行为，她在此启动了针对这位演员兼喜剧演员的强奸和性侵犯案。
By JILL LAWLESS— Russell Brand behaved as a “ruthless” sexual predator when he assaulted six women over the course of a decade, a prosecutor said Wednesday, as she opened the rape and sexual assault case against the actor-comedian.
现年51岁的布兰德已对三项强奸罪、三项性侵犯罪和一项猥亵攻击罪均不认罪。这些指控涉及六名女性，涉嫌犯罪时间为1999年至2009年。
Brand, 51, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault. The charges involve six women and alleged offenses between 1999 and 2009.
检察官瑞尔·卡米-琼斯在伦敦南华克王室法庭向陪审团表示，这六名女性互不相识，均在“酒店房间、工作场所、酒吧的厕所隔间以及他住所”遭到布兰德的侵犯。
Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones told jurors at Southwark Crown Court in London that the six women, who don't know each other, were assaulted by Brand in “a hotel room, workplaces, a toilet cubicle in a bar and at his home address.”
她说，当时布兰德对性接触有“不加选择且贪得无厌”的欲望，“女性仅仅是达到目的的手段”。
She said Brand at the time had an “indiscriminate and voracious” desire for sexual contact, and “women were simply a means to an end.”
检察官表示，布兰德当时可能风趣且有魅力，“是一个性欲旺盛的 flirt，天真地认为自己的每一种欲望都应得到满足。” “他冷酷无情，他善于算计，他善于操纵。而检方认为，他是一名性掠夺者，”卡米-琼斯说。
The prosecutor said Brand could be funny and charming, “a flirt with a huge sexual appetite — childlike in his expectation that his every desire should be met.”“He was ruthless, he was calculating, he was manipulative. And, the prosecution say, he was a sexual predator,” Karmy-Jones said.
布兰德全神贯注地坐在被告席上，听检察官逐一描述所谓的事件，包括最早的一起——据称他在1999年工党年会期间，在酒店房间强奸了一名女性。当时布兰德是一名冉冉升起的单口喜剧演员，他在英格兰海滨城镇伯恩茅斯举行的会议边缘的一个杂耍表演中演出。
Brand listened intently from the dock as the prosecutor described each of the alleged incidents, including the earliest, in which Brand allegedly raped a woman in a hotel room during the Labour Party’s annual conference in 1999. Brand, then a rising stand-up comedian, was performing in a cabaret on the fringe of the conference in the English coastal town of Bournemouth.
两年后，另一名女性称，布兰德试图把她拖进她工作的办公楼的男厕所。“布兰德先生的意图毫无疑问，”卡米-琼斯说。
Two years later, another woman alleges, Brand tried to drag her into the men’s bathroom at the office building where she worked. “There can be little doubt as to what Mr. Brand’s intention was,” Karmy-Jones said.
第三名女性称，布兰德在2004年于伦敦一家酒吧的洗手间里对她进行了口交式强奸，当她让他停止时，他告诉她：“别扫兴。”
A third woman alleges that Brand orally raped her in 2004 in the restroom of a London bar, telling her “Don’t be a spoilsport” when she asked him to stop.
检察官表示，其他投诉人包括一名女性，她称布兰德在2004年或2005年于伦敦一家广播电台亲吻并抚摸了她，使她感到“肮脏和恶心”；还有一名当时21岁的粉丝，她称在2009年参加布兰德的一场演出后，在布兰德家中被其肛门强奸。
The prosecutor said the other complainants include a woman who says Brand kissed and groped her at a London radio station in 2004 or 2005, leaving her feeling “dirty and disgusting”; and a then-21-year-old fan who says Brand anally raped her at his home after she met him at one of his shows in 2009.
她表示，次年她与布兰德通过短信交流，告诉他：“你把我当成动物。”他回复：“我很抱歉。”最后一名投诉人称，布兰德在2009年录制某节目期间要求她按摩，并将脸部压在她的腹股沟处。
She said the following year she exchanged text messages with Brand, telling him: “You treated me like an animal.”He replied: “I’m sorry.”The final complainant says Brand demanded a massage and pressed his face into her groin during the recording of an in 2009.
卡米-琼斯告诉陪审团，由于内疚、羞耻以及担心被指责，所谓的受害者当时均未报案。她表示，他们是在2023年一档电视节目播出匿名指控布兰德的内容后，各自前往警方报案。
Karmy-Jones told the jury that none of the alleged victims reported the alleged assaults at the time, due to guilt, shame and concern that they would be blamed. They individually went to police after a 2023 television program broadcast anonymous claims against Brand, she said.
检察官表示，陪审团将在审判后期听取这些女性的证词，并且“我毫不怀疑你们会发现她们的证据极具说服力。”
The prosecutor said that jurors would hear from the women later in the trial, and “I have no doubt you will find their evidence compelling.”
首位作证的证人是马克·皮尼赫罗，他是布兰德的前朋友，曾陪同他于1999年前往伯恩茅斯旅行。他称，所谓强奸事件发生后的第二天，布兰德让他们匆忙离开城镇，表现得“异常警觉且异常害怕”。“每当警车警笛声经过时，拉塞尔就会躲到车侧窗后面，以免被看到，”皮尼赫罗说。
The first witness to give evidence was Mark Pinheiro, a former friend of Brand who accompanied him on the 1999 trip to Bournemouth. He said that the day after the alleged rape, Brand made them leave town abruptly and seemed “incredibly alert and incredibly afraid.”“Whenever a police siren passed the car, Russell would cower down behind the side window so he couldn’t be seen,” Pinheiro said.
布兰德的律师伊恩·温特尔质疑皮尼赫罗对超过二十五年前事件的回忆。
Brand’s lawyer, Ian Winter, questioned Pinheiro's recollection of events more than a quarter century ago.
布兰德否认所有指控。在警方访谈中，他否认曾经发生过任何非自愿的性行为。
Brand denies all the charges. In police interviews, he denied ever engaging in nonconsensual sexual activity.
Brand 正在保释中，周三到达法庭时，被一群摄影师和摄像记者包围。他说自己感到“很幸运”。
Brand is on bail and arrived at court on Wednesday to a crowd of photographers and video journalists. He said he felt “blessed.”
“我当然感到担忧，但也抱有希望，相信这一过程将为所有相关人员带来良好的结果，”Brand 说。“这就是我的祈祷。”Brand 以其大胆的脱口秀表演和与毒品、酒精的斗争而闻名，他在2000年代初崭露头角，曾主持电视节目和自己的 BBC 广播节目。他出演过好莱坞电影《忘记莎拉·马歇尔》和《带他去希腊》，并曾短暂与流行歌手凯蒂·佩里结婚。
“I feel, of course, concerned but hopeful that this process will lead to good outcomes for everybody involved,” Brand said. “That’s my prayer.”Known for risque stand-up routines and battles with drugs and alcohol, Brand rose to prominence in the early 2000s, hosting television programs and his own BBC radio show. He appeared in Hollywood films including “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Get Him to the Greek" and was briefly married to pop star Katy Perry.
近年来，他逐渐淡出主流媒体，搬到了佛罗里达州，并通过融合健康、阴谋论以及他宗教虔诚讨论的视频，建立了庞大的在线粉丝群。
In recent years he has moved away from mainstream media, relocated to Florida and built a large online following with videos mixing wellness, conspiracy theories and discussions of his religious devotion.
美联社不会透露涉嫌性暴力案件受害者的姓名，而英国法律终身保护受害者身份不被媒体曝光。
The Associated Press doesn’t name victims of alleged sexual violence, and British law protects their identities from the media for life.