Russell Brand has appeared in court charged with two further sexual offences, including rape.
The comedian, 50, has already denied two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault, and two counts of sexual assault in relation to alleged offences between 1999 and 2005, involving four women.
He was further charged with one count of rape and one count of sexual assault in relation to two more women in December.
Appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday afternoon over the fresh charges, the former Big Brother’s Big Mouth presenter spoke only to confirm his name and date of birth.
The star attended via videolink from Florida, in the US, where he now lives, wearing a blue denim shirt unbuttoned to his lower chest.
Addressing Mr Brand at the end of the six-minute hearing, Chief Magistrate Paul Goldspring KC said: “Mr Brand, one of the charges you face is what we call indictable only, which means it can only be tried in the crown court.”
He was bailed to appear at Southwark Crown Court for a plea hearing on 17 February, with the condition that he must notify the police of any change of address.
The two alleged offences took place in London in 2009, according to court documents.
A trial is scheduled to begin at Southwark Crown Court later this year in relation to the five original charges.
Mr Brand, who also has an address in Oxfordshire, is accused of raping a woman in a hotel room while she attended a Labour Party conference in Bournemouth, and grabbing a TV worker’s breasts and orally raping her after dragging her into a male toilet, the court heard in May.
He is also alleged to have grabbed a radio station worker’s face, pushing her against a wall and kissing her before groping her breasts and buttocks.
The actor is also accused of indecently assaulting another woman after grabbing her forearm and attempting to drag her into a male toilet.
He was charged following an investigation by Channel 4 and The Sunday Times in which several women made allegations against him.
He was married to US pop singer Katy Perry from 2010 to 2012, but is now married to Laura Gallacher, the sister of presenter Kirsty, and the pair have two children.
