00:00Russell Brand behaved as a, quote,
00:04ruthless sexual predator when he assaulted six women over the course of a decade,
00:10a prosecutor said on Wednesday, the third day of the actor-comedian's trial.
00:15The prosecution opened the rape and sexual assault case against Brand
00:19with alleged offences occurring between 1999 and 2009.
00:25Prosecutor Real Kami-Jones told jurors at Southwark Crown Court in London
00:30that the six women who do not know each other were assaulted in a hotel room,
00:36workplaces, a toilet cubicle in a bar, and at Brand's home address.
00:41She said at the time, Brand had an indiscriminate and voracious desire for sexual contact and,
00:48quote, women were simply a means to an end.
00:50Born to working-class parents in Essex in eastern England,
00:55Brand launched a successful stand-up comedy career as a teenager.
00:59He became a household name as a television presenter on MTV, Channel 4, and the BBC
01:05before making his foray into Hollywood.
