Russell Brand, the raunchy, irreverent British comedian who became a celebrity darling in the early 2000s, has been sentenced to over 10 years in prison after being found guilty on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
We was never a proper comedian, more a celebrity and IMHO during the time I was aware of him (whilst I was living in Britain) he always felt to me like a cunt.
I can’t believe the state of journalism is so bad but then articles like this and I really have to think about it
The amount of misinformation in this article, portraying Russell Brand as something he’s not.
He might be a grifter and a rapist but he’s NOT a comedian.
Elizabeth Cook, the courtroom artist has been banging out some great sketches of him, looking guilty and weaselly.
They’re not on her website, but I feel like I’ve seen about five different ones this morning.
Happy to see the desperate conversion to Christianity (and right wing grift) didn’t help him
He could be out in as little as 7 years. He was convicted of multiple violent rapes, with allegations of many more
He got an incredibly lenient sentence
He was convicted of one rape, and three sexual assaults.
9yrs for the rape and 18, 9 and 8 months for the assaults.
So he’s either at the high end of Cat 3 rape or the low end of Cat 2. It’s not incredibly lenient, but it doesn’t suggest the court was satisfied that it was “violent” beyond the inherent sexual violence. That would have been well into Cat 2 and been a longer sentence.
Still, he had a long period in which he thought himself unstoppable, so already there are more people coming forward. I doubt this will be the limit of his time inside.
That could be extended if he’s convicted of other charges.
Dude is a fucking pig. The people I always hate from day one always end up being the worst people. My radar knows a scumbag right away. Hope he gets treated like shit in prison.
It’s weird that the guy that played a sex pest in movies is an actual sex pest.
Calling him a sex pest detracts from the fact he was convicted of violently, anally raping a woman
Oh he did worse than that. He raped a woman and legally barred her from talking about it to anyone, including to therapists and the police.
Casting director might have missed their calling as a medium
I hope his time in prison is 100% nothing special. He’s a fatty drama queen, drug addict, hype type I hope it’s so boring it crushes his spirit permanently.
you are defined by your hatred and negativity.
I like seeing you be angry.
makes me happy
go touch grass loser.
stop insulting pigs.
He’s a “comedian” ? I thought he was just a professional douche
Words don’t mean anything anymore.
10 years, 6 months, if anyone was wondering what the “more than” meant
That’s the Despicable Me films cancelled.
TIL Russell Brand is the voice actor for the old scientist in Despicable Me
Always loved his stuff, thought he was hilarious, now it will be viewed, if ever, through the same tainted lens I view Weinstein for example’s stuff. I am glad a powerful celebrity is facing the consequences. I hope this gives the victims a slight relief that he will be off the streets for years to come, I wish the victims healing and growth, they never deserved this
Ah fuck glad he finally sees justice but this will put a damper on my rewatches of Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
Why not when it happened?
Dang, that was quick. Also a pathetically short sentence.
He’ll be out in 7 as they are only making him serve 2/3rds
He’ll be on licence
This drawing has him looking like Harrier Du Bois on a fascist play through
When you dump all your points into Electrochemistry and Shivers
