Celebrity peer Lord Charles Brocket charged with rape | UK news

A celebrity peer and former reality TV show contestant has appeared in court after being charged with rape and sexual assault by penetration, police said.

Lord Charles Brocket, 73, a contestant on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!, appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Saturday.

He was charged with two counts of rape in London on 10 August and one count of sexual assault by penetration in the village of Warbleton, East Sussex, on 5 May, the Metropolitan police said.

Brocket, from Fulham, west London, spoke to confirm his name, date of birth and address during the hearing, where the allegations were outlined by the prosecutor Aarya Mishra.

They all relate to the same woman, who cannot be identified because she is an alleged victim of sexual offences.

The aristocrat, 73, who was arrested on Friday, was not asked to enter pleas to any of the charges, which can only be tried at the crown court, but the court heard he denies the allegations.

The district judge, Louisa Ciecióra, granted him bail with conditions including a GPS tag-monitored exclusion from coming within the M25.

Ciecióra said Brocket must attend Isleworth crown court in west London for the next hearing on 26 September.

A Metropolitan police spokesperson said: “Brocket was arrested on Friday 29 August on suspicion of rape and charged on Saturday 30 August.

“The rape charges relate to an incident involving a woman that took place in the early hours of Saturday 10 August in Fulham. The matter was reported to police the same day.

“The sexual assault by penetration charge relates to an incident on Monday 5 May in Warbleton, East Sussex.

“The victim is being supported by specialist officers.”

Brocket finished fourth in the 2004 series of I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! when Kerry Katona, the former pop singer, was declared the winner.