Russell Brand was ruthless, calculated and manipulative sexual predator, court told

Comedian faces three charges of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault against six women

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Russell Brand was a ruthless, calculated and manipulative sexual predator who boasted about wanting to have sex with 5,000 women, a court has heard.

The 51-year-old comedian is alleged to have had an “insatiable desire” to get what he wanted and treated women as a means to an end, jurors were told.