Podcaster, comedian, actor and TV personality Russell Brand has been sentenced to ten and a half years in prison for one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
Last week, the 51-year-old was found guilty on three of seven charges relating to sexual assaults said to have taken place between 17 and 22 years ago.
He has now been sentenced to ten years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in a London bar in 2004, for the aggravated rape of another woman at his own home in 2009, and for sexually assaulting a third woman in 2009.
One of the charges, of which he was acquitted, is alleged to have taken place in 1999.
Brand was charged in total with four counts of sexual assault and three counts of rape against a total of four women.
“We’ll be fine,” he said, turning towards his wife as he was led out of the courtroom by police officers after the sentence had been read out.
Laura Brand has recently featured on her husband’s podcast, including on Sundays when they have held church services. The couple have three children together.
– “I love you. I’ll be fine,” she mimed back, before being led out of Southwark Crown Court by a large group of friends.
At the end of October, 26-year-old Qais Al-Aswad from Syria, who was being housed at the state’s expense at a Sheraton-owned hotel in Surrey, was convicted of sexually assaulting three women, according to the BBC. The offences took place in public places in May and June this year. Unlike Brand, Al-Aswad will not have to serve time in prison. He was given a six-month suspended prison sentence with a two-year probation period and 200 hours of community service.
Followed by 8 million
For many years, Brand was one of Britain’s best-known TV personalities and was married to pop star Katy Perry from 2010 to 2011. Today, he has 6.6 million followers on YouTube and 2.2 million on Rumble.
Among other things, he was guest editor of the left-wing publication New Statesman and advocated for a socialist and anti-capitalist system. The Russell Brand Show was a radio programme he hosted from 2006. He also presented the TV programme Big Brother for several series.
Critic of the system
During the COVID-19 pandemic, his content shifted towards relentless criticism of the system and mistrust of the authorities and the pharmaceutical industry. He also began to criticise and ridicule the radical left.
In 2022, he moved his broadcasts to Rumble and has since been hosting daily episodes of ‘Stay Free with Russell Brand’.
In one of his most recent live videos, ‘The Devil Is Closer Than You Think”, he mentions, amongst other things, the criminal case, which he is not permitted to discuss due to a court order.
