{
    "byline": "Taz Ali",
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    "dir": null,
    "excerpt": "Russell Brand is in court facing three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault, in allegations dating between 1999 and 2009. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 19431,
    "publishedTime": null,
    "siteName": null,
    "title": "Russell Brand was \u2018ruthless and calculated\u2019, prosecutors tell jury as rape and sexual assault trial begins \u2013 live"
}