Documentary ‘poisoned the well’ against Russell Brand

The Channel 4 Dispatches documentary ‘poisoned the well’ against Russell Brand and ’caused’ six separate women to come forward to accuse him of sex attacks, a court heard. Brand, 51, denies three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and one of attempted indecent assault against six women from 1999 to 2009. In his closing speech defence barrister Ian Winter, KC, told the eight men and four women of the jury that it was highly impossible that during the 10…