Russell Model has pleaded not responsible to prices of rape and sexual assault.

The comic and actor appeared at London’s Southwark Crown Courtroom on Friday for a listening to the place he formally denied all 5 prices towards him, together with one allegation of rape, one allegation of indecent assault, certainly one of oral rape and two additional counts of sexual assault. The alleged incidents relate to 4 separate girls in incidents that occurred between 1999 and 2005.

The 49-year-old will now face a trial, which because of court docket delays received’t start till June 3, 2026.

Carrying sun shades, an open pin-stripe shirt, jacket and thin denims, Model arrived early Friday morning flanked by his lawyer Oliver Schneider-Sikorsky — who profitable defended Kevin Spacey towards sexual assault allegations in 2023. The listening to lasted a matter of minutes.

Model was charged by London’s Metropolitan Police in early April following an investigation that started in September 2023.

He first appeared at Westminster Magistrates Courtroom on Could 2, the place the chief Justice of the Peace granted him bail and, because of the severity of the allegations, referred the case to London’s Central Prison Courtroom. The venue was later modified to the Crown Courtroom, the place Spacey’s trial befell two years earlier.

After the fees had been first introduced, Model — now dwelling within the U.S. — took to his social media channels to disclaim the allegations, as he has since they first arose.

“After I was younger and single, earlier than I had my spouse and household, I used to be a idiot, was a idiot earlier than I lived within the gentle of the lord, I used to be a drug addict, intercourse addict and an imbecile,” he mentioned in a video. “However what I by no means was a rapist. I’ve by no means engaged in non-consensual exercise. I pray that you may see that by wanting in my eyes.”

The Met investigation was first launched after the police obtained a number of allegations within the wake of a significant investigation made by each Channel 4’s “Dispatches” documentary collection and The Sunday Occasions.

The 2023 expose noticed Model accused of “rape, sexual assaults and emotional abuse.” A rep for the present mentioned that “5 girls, 4 of whom requested to stay nameless, agreed to share their tales of significant sexual allegations in this system.”

The plea of not responsible plea at Southwark marks the subsequent chapter for Model. Whereas his star-power had already dimmed lengthy earlier than the allegations got here to gentle, he was a significant determine on British TV and radio within the mid-2000s and would later discover fame and fortune within the U.S. due to films similar to “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Get Him to the Greek,” to not point out a high-profile if short-lived marriage to Katy Perry between 2010 and 2011.

Since shifting out of the mainstream limelight a decade in the past, he started amassing a following on-line for his political beliefs, first on the left-wing earlier than shifting to the appropriate, utilizing his YouTube and Rumble channels to publish about conspiracy theories, most notable linked to COVID, and supply his help for Donald Trump, whose inauguration he attended in January.

Months after the expose ran in late 2023, Model additionally transformed to Christianity and has been outspoken about his new religion. Final 12 months he prayed on stage with Tucker Carlson and later Jordan Petersen at occasions within the U.S. Earlier this month, Carlson went on social media to name for the Trump administration to “rescue” Model from what the rape and sexual assault prices he described as “political and absurd.”