Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has denied Russell Brand's claim that he was barred from visiting his young son while the boy underwent open heart surgery in 2023.
Brand, 51, was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault against four women during the height of his fame. He is facing years in jail.
Brand's Courtroom Claim
During his trial, defence lawyer Ian Winter KC presented Brand as the victim after the women gave their accounts. Brand was asked: "Did Great Ormond Street [Hospital for Children] refuse to let you stay with your son?" He replied: "Yes."
The claim related to the time of the 2023 Channel 4 documentary that revealed the allegations against him.
Hospital's Denial
Great Ormond Street Hospital denied the claim in a statement: "Russell Brand was not excluded from Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in 2023 when his son was admitted for surgery."
The statement added: "At a later date, after he had been formally charged, a decision was taken for safeguarding reasons to exclude Mr Brand from the trust site for one day."
Brand was first charged in April 2025, more than a year and a half after the allegations were published.
Lawyer's Self-Referral
Winter reported himself to his professional regulator, the Bar Standards Board, after being accused of a tirade at a journalist shortly after Brand was found guilty. He confronted Sunday Times reporter Rosamund Urwin, whose investigation led to Brand's victims coming forward, telling her: "I hope you are pleased with yourself."
Urwin responded: "I'm pleased justice has been done", before Winter said: "Well, it wasn't. You f***** it." "Congratulations," he added, in an incident that happened on Thursday afternoon just outside the courtroom door, with a group of journalists watching.
In a statement issued on Friday, Winter said: "Having seen the ways matters have been characterised in today's press I consider my professional duty requires me to self-report those allegations to the Bar Standards Board, so the matter can be subject to proper scrutiny. I have made such a report."
Custody and Further Charges
Brand was remanded into custody on Thursday as prosecutors consider charging him with raping two more victims, one a girl of 16. A jury at Southwark Crown Court found him guilty unanimously of attacking four women between 2004 and 2009. He will be sentenced on Monday. Mr Justice Bennathan warned Brand that he faced a "significant custodial sentence".
