Russell Brand wanted to bed 5,000 women

Comedian Russell Brand was a ‘ruthless sexual predator’ who raped and sexually assaulted women to feed his ‘voracious’ lust, a court heard. Brand, 51, bragged to friends he was an ‘expert pick-up artist’ a ‘ladies’ man’ who wanted to ‘bed 5,000 women’ The long-haired star denies three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault against six women from 1999 to 2009. Riel Karmy-Jones, KC, prosecuting told jurors at Southwark Crown Court: ‘Russell Brand, you may…