London (AFP) – British comedian and actor Russell Brand pleaded not guilty to two fresh charges of rape and sexual assault at a London court on Tuesday.

Brand, once a left-leaning political campaigner who has rebranded himself as a conservative guru to millions of social media followers, arrived at Southwark crown court court carrying a copy of the Bible.

He wore a leopard-print shirt and dark coat.

Brand denied charges of sexually assaulting a woman in London in 2009, and raping another women in the same year, also in the British capital.

His bail was renewed at the end of a brief hearing and he is due to face trial in June.

The 50-year-old is…

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