Russell Brand jailed for rape and sexual assault
Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 10 Nov, 11:38 · Archive
Comedian Russell Brand has been sentenced to ten years and six months for rape and sexual assault.
Russell Brand, 51, was sentenced to ten years and six months at Southwark Crown Court on November 9 for raping and sexually assaulting four women.
Brand was found guilty of raping a 21-year-old fan at his Hampstead home in 2009. He was also convicted of sexually assaulting three female television and radio workers in 2004, 2005 and 2009, when he was at the height of his fame. His victims included women working at Channel 4, Capital Radio and MTV.
Brand was cleared of two further rape charges and one allegation of attempted indecent assault. The conviction has prompted a resurfacing of clips from Brand's earlier television career, including footage from the first episode of The Russell Brand Show on Channel 4 aired on November 24, 2006, in which he and David Walliams joked about pretending to be gay as a 'smokescreen'. There is no suggestion that Walliams was aware of Brand's offending or was involved in any wrongdoing.
How it is being reported
- Russell Brand and David Walliams joked about gay ‘smokescreen’ tactic that ‘works wonderfully well’ years before scandalsIn a 2006 appearance on the "Russell Brand Show," the "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" star was joined by Matt Lucas and the children's book author.New York Post · 10 Nov, 14:36
- Moment Russell Brand and David Walliams joke about pretending to be gay as ‘smokescreen’The resurfaced exchange took place nearly 20 years before Brand was jailed for raping and sexually assaulting four women.Daily Express · 10 Nov, 11:17
- Moment Russell Brand and old friend David Walliams joke about pretending to be gay as a 'smokescreen' on Channel 4 comedy showThe disgraced comedian Russell Brand, 51, and his friend David Walliams joked about pretending to be gay as a 'smokescreen' in a veiled reference to seducing women on Channel 4.Daily Mail · 9 Nov, 09:17
In this story: Russell Brand · David Walliams · Southwark Crown Court · Channel 4 · Capital Radio · MTV
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