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Russell Brand sentenced to 10½ years for rape and sexual assault

comedyNov 9, 2026813,985

A London judge sentenced Russell Brand to 10 years and six months in prison after a UK court last week found the former comedian guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. The judge said Brand had shown a "casual, arrogant disregard" for women who told him no; Brand pleaded not guilty throughout the trial. He was acquitted of two other rape charges and attempted indecent assault, and is now under investigation for two further rape allegations. The Guardian reports Brand had appeared weeks before his conviction as a featured speaker on calls for Maha Action, a US group allied with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., where organiser Tony Lyons publicly defended him and said he believed Brand was falsely accused. Prosecutors and witnesses described Brand during the trial as a calculated and manipulative sexual predator who committed offences at the height of his fame. Brand has a profile as an actor and Christian influencer and has previously criticized vaccines and pharmaceutical companies while appearing alongside Kennedy and Mehmet Oz at Maha events. With the sentence handed down, Brand will serve the prison term while separate investigations into additional allegations continue.

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