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British actor Russell Brand sentenced to over 10 years and six months in prison for rape, sexual assault of four women

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>British actor Russell Brand was emotionless as he was sentenced to on Monday Nov&period; 9&comma; more than a decade <strong>at the Southwark Crown Court London <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong><strong>On Nov&period; 5&comma; Brand 51&comma; was convicted on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He had faced a maximum of up to life in prison&comma; On Monday he was sentenced to 9 years in prison for rape and a further 18 months on three counts of sexual assault&comma; to run consecutively <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Brand was cleared on two other rape charges and one charge of attempted indecent assault tied to the claims of three other women&comma; including a 16-year-old schoolgirl <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;1f0505&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>He will serve a mandatory two thirds of that sentence&comma; seven years&comma; in custody&comma; due to UK Sentencing Council guidelines <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;11&sol;Russell-Brand-9&period;png" alt&equals;"Long-haired man with a beard speaking at a panel table" class&equals;"wp-image-504277" style&equals;"width&colon;834px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Russell Brand who during his trial claimed &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity&period;” on Monday was handed a sentence of 10 and half years in prison <strong>at Southwark Crown Court in London<&sol;strong>&period; However&comma; he is only likely to serve two-thirds of his sentence behind bars <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">British comedian and actor Russell Brand&comma; 51&comma; was emotionless as he was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison Monday&comma; after a jury last week convicted him of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three more&period;<br>Judge Joel Bennathan sitting at the Southwark Crown Court handed down the sentence on Monday&period;<br>The actor had faced a maximum of up to life in prison&comma; following <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2026&sol;11&sol;05&sol;born-again-comedian-russell-brand-faces-significant-prison-term-following-convictions-for-multiple-three-sexual-assaults-more-charges-pending-following-new-accusations&sol;">his conviction <&sol;a>on November 5&comma; on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault&period; <br>Brand however&comma; was cleared on two other rape charges and one charge of attempted indecent assault tied to the claims of three other women&period;<br>In his sentencing remarks&comma; judge Bennathan blasted the defendant’s &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;casual&comma; arrogant disregard of any woman’s right to say no to you&period;” as he pronounced the sentence of nine years for the count of rape and 18 months for the three counts of sexual assault charges&comma; to run consecutively&period;<br>Brand will serve a mandatory two thirds of that sentence&comma; seven years&comma; in custody&comma; due to UK Sentencing Council guidelines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;11&sol;Russell-Brand-2&period;png" alt&equals;"Man with long curly hair&comma; sunglasses&comma; and a beard wearing a black jacket" class&equals;"wp-image-504213" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Brand <strong> who earlier claimed the accusations were &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;invented or reimagined” and blamed a documentary containing anonymous allegations for sparking a smear campaign against him&period;on Mond<&sol;strong>ay&comma; was convicted on one count rape and three counts sexual assault on Nov&period; 5<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Lampooning the impunity of the defendant&&num;8217&semi;s actions the judge told him&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Whatever women wear&comma; wherever they go&comma; whatever they drink&comma; they retain the right to say no and demand justice in the criminal courts when sexual predators like you&comma; Mr Brand&comma; act without their consent&comma;”<br>Meanwhile&comma; the police have said the investigation is ongoing&comma; and they are looking into the claims of two more women who say they were also raped by Brand&comma; including a 16-year-old school girl&period;<br>Following the conviction&comma; police released a December 14&comma; 2023&comma; interview with Brand&comma; showing him reading from a prepared statement in which he insisted all the sex he had was consensual&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I lead a very promiscuous life in the past&comma; which I have spent years openly denouncing&comma;” Brand could be seen saying as he sat by his lawyers and read from a piece of paper&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity&period;”<br>In a Jan&period; 17&comma; 2024 interview&comma; Brand&comma; again reading from a paper&comma; said all of the claims were &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;invented or reimagined” and blamed a documentary containing anonymous allegations for sparking a smear campaign against him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;11&sol;Russell-Brand-8&period;png" alt&equals;"Man with long hair and sunglasses wearing a suit beside a black car" class&equals;"wp-image-504274" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Comedian Russell Brand arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London&comma; for the verdict on Thursday&comma; November 5 <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Over the course of the three-week trial&comma; jurors heard from six women who claimed Brand sexually assaulted them in separate incidents between 1999 and 2009&period;<br>Prosecutors said Brand was a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;predator” who used his fame to sleep with women and didn’t care if they consented or not&period;<br>Brand through his defense lawyers argued that a 2023 documentary for sparked the wave of false accusations against him&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The well of justice had been corrupted and contaminated&comma;” Brand’s lawyer Ian Winter argued at trial&period;<br>Winter also told the jury to separate the fact that Brand didn’t treat women well from the alleged crimes he was accused of&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is not criminal to treat women unkindly before&comma; during or after sex&comma;” Winter said&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is not&comma; I am afraid&comma; criminal to be disrespectful or rude or to act like a crazy idiot&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;11&sol;Russell-Brand-with-wife-Laura-Gallacher-5&period;png" alt&equals;"A man and woman holding hands leave a brick building as police officers stand behind them&period;" class&equals;"wp-image-504280" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Brand&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; who had been free on bail throughout the proceedings&comma; was taken into custody following his conviction last week Thursday &&num;8211&semi; ahead of a Monday sentencing hearing&period; His wife&comma; Laura Gallacher&comma; &lbrack;right&rsqb;&comma; attended trial with him each day<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;11&sol;Ron-Brand-1&period;png" alt&equals;"Older man wearing a gray fedora and dark coat walking outdoors in a leafy urban setting" class&equals;"wp-image-504275" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Ron Brand&comma; the actor&&num;8217&semi;s father seen&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; leavings Southwark Crown Court in London&comma; on Monday November 9&comma; claimed his son was the &&num;8216&semi;victim&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Russel&&num;8217&semi;s dad said his accusers &OpenCurlyQuote;harassed him’ <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Brand &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;had an immense amount of sex and none of it was unlawful&comma;” &&num;8230&semi; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Disgusting&comma; distasteful&comma; immoral&comma; who cares&quest;” the defense attorney said&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s irrelevant to your consideration&period;”<br>Brand’s wife&comma; Laura Gallacher&comma; with whom he shares three children was quite supportive&period; She attended the trial with her husband each day of the two week trial&period;<br>The comic known for risqué stand-up routines and battles with drugs and alcoholism&comma; rose to prominence in the early 2000s&comma; hosting television programs and his own radio show&comma; also built a Hollywood career&comma; appearing in movies like &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Get Him to the Greek&period;” <br>In recent years&comma; moving away from mainstream media&comma; and relocating to Florida&comma; building a large online following with videos mixing wellness&comma; conspiracy theories&comma; and discussions of his religious devotion&period; <br>He had continued recording and airing the Christian podcasts we he hosted with his wife throughout the trial&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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