Russell Brand's rape trial has been postponed until October.

The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star had been due in court on 16 June after he was charged in April 2025 with two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault, in relation to alleged offences involving four women between 1999 and 2005, but after fresh charges were brought in January, one count of rape and one of sexual assault against two women in 2009, the matter has now been postponed.

Brand - who has denied the allegations against him - will now go on trial for all seven charges at Southwark Crown Court from 12 October, with the matter expected to last two months.

The trial had initially been scheduled for up to five weeks.

According to Sky News, the judge, Mr. Justice Bennathan, said if the trial began in June as planned, the court may run out of time to hear it and would struggle to find jurors who could sit through the start of the summer holidays.

Brand - who is a father to three children with his wife Laura Gallacher - previously spoke out to deny the allegations against him when he was first charged by the Metropolitan Police last year.

In a video statement which was posted on social media, the 50-year-old comic said: "I've always told you guys that when I was young and single before I had my wife and family ... I was a fool, man.

"I was a fool before I lived in the light of the Lord. I was a drug addict, a sex addict, and an imbecile. But what I never was, was a rapist.

"I've never engaged in nonconsensual activity. I pray that you can see that by looking in my eyes."

Brand added: "Of course, I'm now going to have the opportunity to defend these charges in court. And I'm incredibly grateful for that."

A number of sexual abuse allegations against the Get Him to the Greek actor were first reported in 2023 as part of a joint investigation by Channel 4's Dispatches and The Sunday Times newspaper. The comedian has consistently denied any allegations of wrongdoing.