Russell Brand, facing multiple rape charges, to headline voting rights event in posh New York enclave

Among the charming farmers markets, vegetable stands and WASP-y beach clubs of Shelter Island, there will be a somewhat unlikely visitor this weekend, we’re told.

Russell Brand — who has recently pleaded not guilty to no fewer than three rape changes, plus a handful of sexual assault accusations, in the UK — is a “headliner” at a conference at the island’s quaint Ram’s Head Inn.

The troubled star is among several speakers at the New York stop of the United We Stand tour, a speaking tour arranged by electoral reform foundation Free & Equal.

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