RUSSELL Brand has pleaded not guilty to further offences including rape and sexual assault against two more women.
The comedian, 50, was previously accused of two counts of rape and sex assaults between 1999 and 2005 in Bournemouth and London.
Scotland Yard authorised further charges against Brand in December.
These include one count of rape and one count of sexual assault against two women.
Officers confirmed these are in addition to the previous charges, which involve four alleged victims.
Brand, who wore a buttoned-down tiger print shirt, appeared at Southwark Crown Court today where he denied the charges.
According to court documents, the two alleged offences took place in London in 2009.
Before the hearing, Brand took out a copy of the bible and began reading it but it was confiscated by the dock officer until the case was done.
A further case management hearing will take place on a date to be set in late March.
The comic is currently facing trial after pleading not guilty to two counts of rape, two counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual assault.
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