Russell Brand sentenced after rape, sexual assault convictions in UK
WATCH: RUSSELL BRAND SENTENCED TO MORE THAN 10 YEARS IN PRISON Last week, Brand was found guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault in the U.K.
- As the judge, Mr Justice Bennathan, sentenced Brand for raping one woman and sexual assaulting three others, he said he had told the trial “a series of lies”.
- Brand was convicted last week of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three more between 2004 and 2009.
- The disgraced entertainer was sentenced on Monday following a four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court.
British comedian and TV star Russell Brand was Monday jailed for more than 10 years for a string of sex offences including rape as the judge told him he had been a "sexual predator" whose fame had protected him.
Russell Brand, who became a celebrity darling in the early 2000s, was found guilty on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault in a case brought by six women.
- The disgraced comedian had displayed a “casual, arrogant disregard of any woman’s right to say no”, he said.
- Brand, 51, was accused of three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault involving six women between 1999 and 2009.
- "Over the years, hearing his voice on television, on social media or seeing his image made me jump." According to Sky News, Brand acknowledged that he had been "reckless" and used his fame to pursue sexual relationships, but insisted that the encounters were consensual.
- Bennathan said he considered Brand’s lack of significant prior convictions, the 17 years that had passed since the offenses and his work helping people struggling with addiction.
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