{"id":182330,"date":"2026-11-09T16:26:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=182330"},"modified":"2026-11-09T16:26:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:26:50","slug":"russell-brand-doms-till-10-ar-i-fangelse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/russell-brand-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell Brand Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>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.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Russell Brand <\/strong>was sentenced last week following a trial that lasted several weeks, which <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/russell-brand-became-a-social-critic-when-at-the-age-of-17-he-was-convicted-of-sexual-assault\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/russell-brand-blev-systemkritiker-da-doms-han-for-17-ar-gammal-valdtakt\/\">Freedom News<\/a><\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Judge <strong>Joel Bennathan<\/strong> called Brand a \u201dsexual predator\u201d and said he had displayed \u201dastonishing arrogance\u201d and a lack of respect for every woman\u2019s right to say no. \u201dThe consequence of this is inevitably a significant prison sentence,\u201d the judge said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the victims described in court how the rape led to \u201dshock and emotional turmoil for several weeks.\u201d Her closing words were: \u201dA leopard cannot change its spots.\u201d The prosecutor had sought a sentence of at least twelve years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defense attorney argued that Brand is \u201da completely different person today.\u201d Brand has consistently denied the charges. He has been held at Wandsworth Prison pending sentencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/russell-brand-became-a-social-critic-when-at-the-age-of-17-he-was-convicted-of-sexual-assault\/\">See also: Russell Brand Became a Social Critic\u2014Then He Was Convicted of a Rape That Happened 17 Years Ago<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russell Brand Sentenced to 10.5 Years in Prison for Rape and Sexual Assault \u2014 Judge Calls Him a \u201dSexual Predator\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":182136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[207,205],"tags":[6901],"class_list":["post-182330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-utrikes","category-nyheter","tag-russell-brand"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}