Standing in the glass dock at Southwark Crown Court in London, awaiting his sentence for one rape and three sexual assaults to be handed down, Russell Brand was addressed directly by the judge. “No doubt your companions thought it was outrageous laddish behaviour that only you could get away with,” Justice Bennathan said, referencing an incident in which Brand had launched himself on an unknown woman in the middle of a studio corridor as his entourage looked on. “It was outrageous and possibly laddish, but also a criminal sexual offence. And as it turns out, you haven’t got away with it.”
\n\nBrand may well have gotten away with it had it not been for a joint investigation by Channel 4 documentary strand “Dispatches” and The Sunday Times of London. Their reporting, published in Sept. 2023, contained numerous serious allegations, including that the former comedian had sexually assaulted four women between 2006 and 2013. Brand denied any wrongdoing (none of the women who made the allegations in the documentary were involved in the recent criminal trial although it is understood the Met Police are now investigating at least one of those complaints and Brand may face yet more charges).
\n\nThe former…
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