Actor and comedian Russell Brand, 51, has been sentenced to ten years and six months in prison for one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. The sentence was handed down on Monday at Southwark Crown Court in London.
Russell Brand was sentenced last week following a trial that lasted several weeks, which Freedom News reported on. At the same time, he was acquitted of two counts of rape and one count of attempted sexual assault. The crimes relate to incidents that occurred between 1999 and 2009.
The Judge Joel Bennathan called Brand a ”sexual predator” and said he had displayed ”astonishing arrogance” and a lack of respect for every woman’s right to say no. ”The consequence of this is inevitably a significant prison sentence,” the judge said.
One of the victims described in court how the rape led to ”shock and emotional turmoil for several weeks.” Her closing words were: ”A leopard cannot change its spots.” The prosecutor had sought a sentence of at least twelve years in prison.
The defense attorney argued that Brand is ”a completely different person today.” Brand has consistently denied the charges. He has been held at Wandsworth Prison pending sentencing.
A total abuse of the legal system. 1999 was, for heaven’s sake, 27 years ago… can anyone even remember who they had sex with that long ago…/(unless they’ve been in a faithful marriage)
Absolutely horrible.
What if a woman in the Social Democratic Party (S) claimed that Göran Persson made unwanted advances in 1998? Would that be enough for an arrest???
Gris Persson has probably done more than that.
Clearly a political decision. Sick, embarrassing, and transparent!