Russell Model was in a London courtroom Friday to face a number of rape fees — and, after a brief backwards and forwards with the choose, he walked out of the constructing a free man … for now.

The actor’s 14-minute court docket look this morning was so simple as answering a bunch of procedural questions from Decide Paul Goldspring, based on the New York Instances.

Model reportedly confirmed his identify, date of beginning and deal with in Nice Britain, earlier than Goldspring granted him bail. The NYT stated Russell thanked the choose and strolled out of the courtroom with out exhibiting any “seen emotion.”

As we reported, Model was charged with one rely of rape, one rely of indecent assault, one rely of oral rape and a pair of counts of sexual assault simply over a month in the past on April 4. The incidents date again to 1999.

In response to a court docket doc obtained by the Instances, one of many alleged incidents of sexual assault described the star fondling a lady’s breasts, whereas the lady behind the indecent assault cost — which might embrace nonconsensual sexual touching with out rape — claimed he dragged her towards a male bathroom.

The “Keep Free” podcast host denied all the fees whereas responding in a social media video he recorded whereas on trip together with his household in Florida.

Whereas he denied raping anybody, he confirmed he was “a drug addict, a intercourse addict and an imbecile” when he was youthful earlier than discovering a life “within the mild of the Lord.”

Stuart Nolan, chair of the Legal Regulation Committee of the Regulation Society, a corporation representing British attorneys, stated a trial might not begin for one more yr.